Kumbh Mela police dedicatedly help devotees and tourists

Haridwar: Civil and Para Military Forces posted  to ensure the famous Kumbh Mela proceeds calmly have been working round the clock saving lives and reuniting families at the crowded streets and river banks of Haridwar. 
DIG (Kumbh Mela) Alok Sharma presented a report today where he listed the instances of rescue and reunification by the police force. On the second day of Kumbh Mela on January 15, the police officers rescued three members of a family from drowning. Munni Devi, Meera Devi and Ramlal had come from Churu district in Rajasthan and were taking a dip in the Ganga at around 3 p.m. when Munni Devi slipped and was carried along with the current of the water. The other members attempted to pull her back but were also carried along with the current. Other people present at the site raised an alarm and called the police officers who rescued the three devotees from the river. In similar incidents, the police officers saved six lives in separate incidents on Janurary 20 that was the day of Basant Panchami and the third bath of the Kumbh. The officers on duty also reunited 19 devotees with their families. During a routine inspection of the guards at 2 p.m. on the same say by police ADG Rajendra Singh Samat, a Ravi Kumar from UP, who was praying on the Rodi bank of Ganga lost consciousness. The visitor was rushed to the hospital, where his condition stabilized after treatment. In all, the police officers have reunited a total of 328 people with their families and saved 17 people from drowning. DIG Sharma informed that several roads and routes had been diverted to accommodate the arrival of sadhus and AKHADAS for the Mela.