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Devotees going to Domari village to listen to the story
– Photo: Amar Ujala
Expansion
500 toilets have been arranged around the story site at Domri across Ganga. Normally, if a toilet is used even for five minutes, then only 1.44 lakh people are able to use it in 24 hours. Whereas the crowd is 3.50 lakh. In such a situation, 2 lakh 6 thousand devotees are polluting the banks by freeing themselves under the clear sky before sunrise and after sunset.
If we look at the figures, out of 3.5 lakh, two lakh people come from Kashi and surrounding districts every day and leave after the Katha. Apart from these, 1.5 lakh people stay here around the pandals. There are a total of 500 toilets owned by the Municipal Corporation, PWD and organizers together. There are 15 mobile toilets among these. Which has 150 sheets. Similarly, there are 200 temporary toilets of organizers and 150 of PWD.