Meerut: A sea of devotees swarmed to Bulandshahar city on Sunday to attend the final day of ‘Tablighi Ijtema’—a three day Islamic congregation that commenced on December 1.Apart from several Islamic scholars and preachers, lakhs of people from across the country and Gulf nations also attended the three-day event.A massive crowd brought the Bulandshahr city to a grinding halt with devotees overcrowding railway stations and bus stands. All the major routes from Delhi and other neighbouring cities to Bulandshahar were choked as devotees jostled for space in trains, buses and other public conveyance.“Almost all the major passenger and express trains are running over-crowded. Passengers boarding in and around Bulandshahr forcibly occupied reserve seats in these trains with no special trains for people visiting in large numbers,” Rafiq Ahmed, a devotee who returned to Meerut on Sunday told TOI.Though the local administration claimed that they had proper provisions in place to handle the huge crowd, but the influx of visitors from outside kept the local police and district administration on its toes.“The influx was varying on all three days, with maximum on Sunday. Proper arrangements were amde, but it seems that it was insufficient as traffic snarls were still there,” a police official said.