Massive clean up after India's Hindu mega-festival ends

Workers clean the area near Sangam, the confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers after the end of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on March 7, 2025. The massive sanitation drive is underway since the Kumbh Mela festival -- dubbed the largest congregation of humanity on earth -- drew to a close on February 26 in the northern city of Prayagraj. - Photo: AFP

PRAYAGRAJ, (India): Thousands of sanitation workers were toiling on Friday (March 7) to clean up 20,000 tonnes of waste left behind by hundreds of millions of Hindu devotees after India's Kumbh Mela mega-festival.

The massive sanitation drive has been underway since the six-week gala drew to a close last week in the northern city of Prayagraj.