Railways has commissioned 41 projects at a cost of Rs. 700 crore for the Kumbh Mela that will begin in Allahabad from January next year.The railways has planned to operate four to five special trains for transporting 5,000 Pravasi Bhartiyas from Allahabad to New Delhi, who will go to Varanasi to participate in the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas, and will go to Allahabad from Varanasi to participate in the Kumbh Mela.