The Bajrang Parishad an organization of Gangasagar, helps the pilgrims who get lost, providing them with food and a bed on the island. They make constant announcements through loudspeakers in regional languages to reconnect them with their families.

Many of them are old and do not have phone numbers or addresses. All they can do is wait desperately for someone to pick them up. It is a heartbreaking sight, especially considering that a lot of the pilgrims have been intentionally abandoned by family members. Many elderly persons are given instructions to wait in a certain place by their family member, but they never returned.

So, this year in 2021 the administration has introduced ‘Parichay’- a QR Wrist band for pilgrim’s convenience to minimize lost & found cases. The bands will be offered to elders & minors free of cost at buffer zones to track their companions. In case of lost & found the volunteers can fetch their details from the wrist bands & collate with database to return them to their lost companions during mela days.

GANGA SAGAR MELA GROUND - 2021