Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 makes it to Guinness World Records
New Delhi, Mar 3 (UNI): Prayagraj Kumbh Mela 2019 has been placed in the Guinness World Records in three sectors.
It includes largest traffic and crowd management plan, the biggest painting exercise of public sites under paint my city scheme and biggest sanitation and waste disposal mechanism, an official statement from Culture Ministry here on Sunday said.
A three-member team from Guinness World Records visited the Prayagraj for this purpose.
Exercise at large scale were done before the team members for three days from February 28 to March 3.
Around 503 shuttle buses were pressed into service in one go for the team on February 28 on the highway. Several people participated in painting exercise on March 1 and 10,000 workers engaged in cleaning at Prayagraj Kumbh performing their duties all together, it added.
Only a single bathing festival of Mahashivratri of the six main bathing festivals remains. Five bathing festivals of the Kumbh have concluded successfully with more than 22 crore pilgrims taking holy dips.
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