Nashik: Slow pace of Kumbh development works raises concerns

Bharat Ghandat Nashik, Sep 23 (UNI) With the Kumbh Mela scheduled to be held in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar next year in August and September, concerns are growing over the slow progress of development works ahead of the mega religious gathering. The Kumbh will formally begin with the flag-hoisting ceremony on October 31. Several projects were reportedly started late, and are now progressing slowly, raising questions over whether all the planned infrastructure works will be completed before the Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh Mela Authority Shekhar Singh, Nashik Municipal Corporation, Public Works Department, National Highways Authority and the Kumbh Mela administration are…