Nashik, Aug. 5 -- The Technical Advisory Committee of the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority (NTKMA) on Tuesday recommended a comprehensive roadmap for sanitation, solid waste management and allied facilities to ensure a clean, sustainable and pilgrim-friendly Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2027.

The meeting, held at the NTKMA headquarters under the chairmanship of NTKMA Commissioner Shekhar Singh, was attended by Additional Commissioner Kamlakar Randive, Chief Officer Amol Chaudhari, Anand Ghodke (UNICEF), Rajesh Pai (WASH Institute), Dr. Pradip Kalbar (IIT Bombay) and J.V.R. Murthy (World Bank).

The committee emphasised scientific sanitation planning and recommended that infrastructure be designed based on the number of toilet seats. It ...