Overview
- Bengaluru police detailed a citywide plan with nearly 20,000 personnel, four control rooms, 78 watch towers, 164 women’s help desks, 55 ambulances and 37 fire tenders, with a stated priority on women’s safety.
- Vehicle entry will be barred on key CBD stretches from 8 pm Dec 31 to 2 am Jan 1, multiple flyovers will close overnight, and MG Road Metro will shut at 10 pm with trains stopping at Trinity and Cubbon Park; BMTC and Namma Metro services are extended with first-time post‑midnight buses and tempo travellers at designated points.
- Facial recognition, AI‑enabled cameras, drones, a real‑time heat‑map system and a QR‑code platform for traffic and ambulance updates will feed a central command centre for live crowd and incident management.
- Officials flagged zero tolerance for drunk driving, wheeling and nuisance behaviour, noting thousands of drink‑and‑drive cases in recent days, 166 checkpoints for enforcement and targeted narcotics seizures by the CCB ahead of festivities.
- Gurugram announced a deployment of about 5,400 personnel with 10 interstate checkpoints and 68 special nakas, issued legal notices holding venues responsible for safe transport of intoxicated patrons, and Madhya Pradesh police ordered additional forces on high alert through Jan 1.