NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh has drawn up an estimate of greater than Rs 4,200 crore for the preparations round subsequent year’s Kumbh Mela in Allahabad and has requested the central government to undergo greater than part the associated fee.
This will make the mega pilgrimage in 2019 the most costly ever. The closing full Kumbh Mela in 2013 price lower than a third of the amount estimated for subsequent year.
“A shelf of initiatives worth Rs 4,236 crore has been readied for Kumbh. The UP government has already allotted Rs 2,000 crore for a similar and the UP chief secretary has written to the central government asking for a grant of Rs 2,200 crore,” display the minutes of a evaluation assembly held earlier this month and attended by the manager secretary.
Only about Rs1,300 crore had been spent in 2013, with the then UPA government on the Centre pitching in with Rs1,017 crore.
Ardh Kumbh is held in every six years, while the Kumbh Mela comes after 12 years. The Yogi Adityanath government in UP has renamed Ardh Kumbh as Kumbh and the overall Kumbh as Maha Kumbh.
The Kumbh from January to March is being pitched as the grandest ever with the ruling BJP on the Centre and in UP aiming to harvest political beneficial properties from it ahead of the 2019 normal elections.
A senior UP government official, talking on the condition of anonymity, advised ET that the Centre had in theory approved a grant of Rs 1,200 crore and the total call for of Rs 2,200 crore was into consideration. “Out of the Rs 4,236 crore finances, just about Rs3,000 crore is for everlasting initiatives and upgradation in Allahabad city and rest for works inside Mela area,” he said.
As in line with the minutes, which ET has seen, UP estimates the price of everlasting initiatives within the Allahabad city at Rs3,019 crore and submitted a document on this to the Niti Aayog for approval of central assistance.
Incidentally, the UPA government in 2013 had given Rs 341 crore to the then Akhilesh Yadav government in UP as its percentage of the associated fee and cleared a distinct package of another Rs 800 crore. Only Rs 1,017 crore of that was spent.
For 2019 the Kumbh, the central government is operating on inviting representatives from all 192 countries and other folks from all of the six lakh villages in India, the minutes display. The Union tourism ministry is growing adesignated area to hoist the flags of the 192 countries all over Kumbh.
This will make the mega pilgrimage in 2019 the most costly ever. The closing full Kumbh Mela in 2013 price lower than a third of the amount estimated for subsequent year.
“A shelf of initiatives worth Rs 4,236 crore has been readied for Kumbh. The UP government has already allotted Rs 2,000 crore for a similar and the UP chief secretary has written to the central government asking for a grant of Rs 2,200 crore,” display the minutes of a evaluation assembly held earlier this month and attended by the manager secretary.
Only about Rs1,300 crore had been spent in 2013, with the then UPA government on the Centre pitching in with Rs1,017 crore.
Ardh Kumbh is held in every six years, while the Kumbh Mela comes after 12 years. The Yogi Adityanath government in UP has renamed Ardh Kumbh as Kumbh and the overall Kumbh as Maha Kumbh.
The Kumbh from January to March is being pitched as the grandest ever with the ruling BJP on the Centre and in UP aiming to harvest political beneficial properties from it ahead of the 2019 normal elections.
A senior UP government official, talking on the condition of anonymity, advised ET that the Centre had in theory approved a grant of Rs 1,200 crore and the total call for of Rs 2,200 crore was into consideration. “Out of the Rs 4,236 crore finances, just about Rs3,000 crore is for everlasting initiatives and upgradation in Allahabad city and rest for works inside Mela area,” he said.
As in line with the minutes, which ET has seen, UP estimates the price of everlasting initiatives within the Allahabad city at Rs3,019 crore and submitted a document on this to the Niti Aayog for approval of central assistance.
Incidentally, the UPA government in 2013 had given Rs 341 crore to the then Akhilesh Yadav government in UP as its percentage of the associated fee and cleared a distinct package of another Rs 800 crore. Only Rs 1,017 crore of that was spent.
For 2019 the Kumbh, the central government is operating on inviting representatives from all 192 countries and other folks from all of the six lakh villages in India, the minutes display. The Union tourism ministry is growing adesignated area to hoist the flags of the 192 countries all over Kumbh.
Kumbh 2019 budget estimate: over Rs 4,200 crore
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