Overview
- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta reviewed ghat preparations on Friday and directed officials to complete all on‑site arrangements and personnel deployments by November 16.
- The Delhi government assigned clear roles to agencies so police handle security, traffic police keep emergency routes open, municipal bodies run sanitation, the Delhi Jal Board supplies water, and mobile toilets will be provided.
- Authorities in north Bengal issued restrictions on using main river channels and planned a mock drill on the Torsa river on November 14 to test coordination between NDRF, civil defence, health and irrigation teams.
- Uttar Pradesh ordered extra buses from Delhi to Purvanchal and directed districts to deploy divers, boats, CCTV and control rooms for the arghya on November 15 and the sunrise rituals on November 16.
- Kolkata and Gautam Buddh Nagar have closed or limited access at key ghats and lakes, deployed thousands of police and disaster teams, and warned devotees to use designated sites and avoid deep water to reduce accidents and post‑festival pollution.