Overview

• Mumbai police announced a force of more than 21,000 with SRPF and CAPF support, first‑time AI tools for real‑time route management, drone and 10,000‑camera surveillance, and a ban on private drones, alongside 205 artificial lakes for immersions.
• The BMC bolstered beach safety with 2,178 lifeguards and 56 motorboats across major chowpatties to manage large coastal immersions.
• Investigators are probing a threat message to Mumbai Traffic Police claiming 34 vehicles with ‘human bombs’ and 14 infiltrators; the Crime Branch is leading the inquiry and the ATS and other agencies have been alerted.
• Pune issued an early start for the Kasba Ganpati procession at 9:30 am, capped each mandal at two dhol‑tasha troupes of up to 60 members, barred simultaneous sound systems, and ordered a BNSS‑backed blackout on filming and sharing immersion visuals through September 15.
• Hyderabad set extensive traffic diversions for September 6–7 and expanded immersion options with 74 artificial ponds and 20 main lakes, with cranes, sanitation teams, swimmers and command‑centre monitoring in place.