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Later, additional police teams were roped in to clear the routes especially the entry and exit points to the Mela ground,” he added. There is limited space on streets and hence the streets were clogged. We had no option but to spend over two hours while manoeuvring our way through the traffic,” said Anjali, one of the commuters. Similarly, snarls were also reported near Allahapur Road, Hashimpur, Tagoretown, Buxi Bandh, and adjoining streets.A senior Mela traffic police official, said, “After the traffic restrictions imposed for a series of VIPs visits recently, this was the first opportunity local citizens got to visit the Kumbh Mela. The Mela police blamed the rush of pilgrims during the weekend and an increase in the number of private vehicles plying on routes leading up to the Kumbh-2019 venue for the jams.“As Sunday was a holiday, my family and I had planned to visit the Kumbh Mela by car..