1 2 Prayagraj : At a time when the Yogi govt has initiated a number of projects to make Maha Kumbh 2025 unique and unforgettable, thousands of crores of rupees are being spent to provide excellent facilities to saints and devotees. However, various unscrupulous elements and fraudsters are also active, aiming to cheat devotees and tourists planning to visit the Sangam city during Maha Kumbh. Fraudsters are deceiving devotees in the name of online booking of tents for staying in Prayagraj during Maha Kumbh.
The tourism department has identified eight such websites, whose tent city and tent colony addresses are not known, but bookings are being done on their websites. Legal action will now be taken against these fake websites . The tourism department is setting up a tent city in Arail and Jhunsi and another tent colony in the Parade ground.
In these tent cities, the devotees and tourists will get state-of-the-art facilities at a fairly low price. However, fraudsters are duping people by creating fake websites and making bookings in Arail, Jhunsi, as well as the Mela area. It has been revealed that these bookings are made without having land and cottages on the ground.
For their publicity, a tent colony is being claimed to be built near Ulta Qila. The rent of each tent has been kept at a minimum of Rs 8,000-15,000 per day. "A case of duping people by creating fake websites has come to light.
Eight such websites have been found, through which online booking is being done in the na.
