Bare Act

The Madhya Bharat Sinhastha Mela Act, 1955

The Madhya Bharat Sinhastha Mela Act, 1955 provides a legal framework for organizing, managing, and maintaining order during the Sinhastha Mela religious fair in Ujjain. It applies to festival visitors, traders, local residents, and administrative authorities operating within the designated mela area during the mela season. The law empowers government officials to establish management committees, levy tolls and fees, license commercial activities, allocate land sites, enforce sanitation standards, and implement emergency safety measures against fires and epidemic outbreaks. This legislation matters because it ensures public safety, hygiene, crowd control, and smooth civic administration during a massive religious gathering.

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