Watch: Never-ending traffic jam restricts devotees as vehicles remain stuck for hours at Mahakumbh

On Monday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticised the Uttar Pradesh Government over the traffic issue, claiming it has led to a shortage of essential commodities and inconvenienced devotees visiting Mahakumbh.

“Due to the traffic jams everywhere in Prayagraj, neither food grains, vegetables, spices are available nor medicines, petrol-diesel. Due to this, the condition of crores of hungry, thirsty, tired and exhausted devotees stuck in Prayagraj and Maha Kumbh premises and on the roads leading to Prayagraj is getting worse every hour. This is a very serious situation,” Yadav said in a post, loosely translated from Hindi, on X.

Sharing the video, he wrote, “Just like in states, when the constitutional system fails, the command is given to someone else, similarly, seeing the chaos in Maha Kumbh, a capable person should be given the command of governance. Incompetent people can spread false propaganda, not true system,” he added.

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प्रयागराज महाकुंभ में फँसे करोड़ों श्रद्धालुओं के लिए तुरंत आपातकालीन व्यवस्था की जाए। हर तरफ़ से जाम में भूखे, प्यासे, बेहाल और थके तीर्थयात्रियों को मानवीय दृष्टि से देखा जाए। आम श्रद्धालु क्या इंसान नहीं है?

प्रयागराज में प्रवेश के लिए लखनऊ की तरफ़ 30 किमी पहले से ही नवाबगंज… pic.twitter.com/1JXmzgDEGI

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) February 9, 2025

Several social media users reacted to the viral video with one saying, “Deva road Lucknow need to be converted into double lane..Daily accident occuring and traffic jams of hours.”

Sharing a video of the traffic jam, another user wrote, “Traffic Jam of 15 KM before Jabalpur …still 400 KM to prayagraj. Please read traffic situation before coming to Mahakumbh!”

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Traffic Jam of 15 KM before Jabalpur …still 400 KM to prayagraj. Please read traffic situation before coming to Mahakumbh! #MahaKumbh2025 #mahakumbh #MahaKumbhMela2025 @myogiadityanath @yadavakhilesh #kumbhamela #kumbh pic.twitter.com/BKmJ3HNIx7

— Nitun Kumar (@dash_nitun) February 9, 2025

According to news agency PTI, 46.19 lakh people took a bath in Sangam until 8 am on Monday. PTI said about 44 crore people have taken a dip in the Sangam since the beginning of the Mahakumbh last month.