In a gift to state employees and police personnel who worked for the successful Kumbh-2019 at Prayagraj, the state government will reward them with a month’s additional salary as bonus. This was announced by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Tuesday morning.
Earlier on January 25, the Chief Minister had announced an additional month’s salary for police personnel deputed at the Kumbh Mela. However, on Tuesday, Yogi included all state employees for the bonus.
Official sources said that the staff or policemen would get a maximum of Rs 50,000 as bonus for their services at the Kumbh Mela. Around 43,000 personnel, including district police, PAC, home guards and Central forces were eligible for the bonus but with state employees being included, the number is expected to be around 1.50 lakh.
Yogi had earlier feted police officers, personnel and state employees for outstanding teamwork with accountability and said that they had set an excellent example.
“Not only this, for many countries of the world, Kumbh Mela -2019 at Prayagraj stood out as a great case study for crowd management,” Yogi said.
The Chief Minister was particularly happy with not a single incident being reported during the Kumbh Mela, which was attended by around 24 crore pilgrims during two months. Of them, over one million were foreign tourists.
Yogi also released a coffee-table book titled ‘Kumbh 2019’, ‘Kumbh Mela Social Media Handbook’ and ‘Smart Policing’ on the occasion.
