Now, spl postal cover on pontoon bridges

  • | Wednesday | 6th March, 2019

The cover can be used to send letters or documents anywhere in world, said senior superintendent of post, Allahabad Region, Sanjay Akhade. Kumbh Mela was set up over an area of 3,200 hectare.The connecting bridges helped in meeting out the quantum of traffic that was expected during this Kumbh, said Vipin Pachauria, engineer at Public Works Department (PWD), under whose guidance the bridge was built. Special cover on damroo (pellet drum) has also been released to highlight the role of Lord Shiva in Kumbh Mela (pitcher festival).Pontoon bridges have connected crores of devotees having their holy feelings into their heart to the divineness of holy confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati.Spread 1.1 km across the Ganga, the longest bridge — 19 had 230 pontoons that connected the Naini and Chatnag side of the river. Allahabad: In a first, the 22 pontoon bridges on the Ganga who were the silent emissaries of devotion and faith in Kumbh Mela have been immortalized on a special postal cover (envelope).The move has been initiated by the department of post to celebrate the work done by labourers who prepared them.The special cover was released by secretary, department of post, Government of India, AN Nanda at Arail Kumbh post office.The pontoon bridges would be dismantled after their use in the 49-day long fair, the end of which was formally announced by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in a separate event here on Tuesday.This is for the first time that special envelopes are released on the object that is a temporary in nature and carries importance due to its utility on the given occasion.

Allahabad: In a first, the 22 pontoon bridges on the Ganga who were the silent emissaries of devotion and faith in Kumbh Mela have been immortalized on a special postal cover (envelope).The move has been initiated by the department of post to celebrate the work done by labourers who prepared them.The special cover was released by secretary, department of post, Government of India, AN Nanda at Arail Kumbh post office.The pontoon bridges would be dismantled after their use in the 49-day long fair, the end of which was formally announced by chief minister Yogi Adityanath in a separate event here on Tuesday.This is for the first time that special envelopes are released on the object that is a temporary in nature and carries importance due to its utility on the given occasion. The cover can be used to send letters or documents anywhere in world, said senior superintendent of post, Allahabad Region, Sanjay Akhade. Special cover on damroo (pellet drum) has also been released to highlight the role of Lord Shiva in Kumbh Mela (pitcher festival).Pontoon bridges have connected crores of devotees having their holy feelings into their heart to the divineness of holy confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati.Spread 1.1 km across the Ganga, the longest bridge — 19 had 230 pontoons that connected the Naini and Chatnag side of the river. Kumbh Mela was set up over an area of 3,200 hectare.The connecting bridges helped in meeting out the quantum of traffic that was expected during this Kumbh, said Vipin Pachauria, engineer at Public Works Department (PWD), under whose guidance the bridge was built.

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