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“Around 2,000 tokens were distributed at Saraswati Dham near Jammu railway station by the officials,” said an official. However, pilgrims outnumbered the tokens available for the day at Saraswati Dham, he added.

Dharamvir Singh, 46, a pilgrim from Bihar’s Patna, expressed regrets over poor arrangements. “We were queued outside Saraswati Dham since 4 am to get tokens. It rained heavily. No proper arrangements were made by the administration,” he said.

Another pilgrim Jai Prakash, 34, from UP’s Lucknow cited how Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath conducted Mahakumbh in February. “Here none was listening to us. The gates of the Saraswati Dham were closed and we were left at the mercy of God,” said Prakash.