Overview
- The holiday applies to government and semi-government offices, public undertakings, banks and central government offices located within the relevant civic jurisdictions.
- Voting will be held across corporations that include Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur and Chandrapur.
- The commission reported full administrative preparedness and urged citizens to participate in large numbers.
- State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare ordered adequate staffing and mandatory training for polling and counting personnel, warning action against officials who skip sessions.
- Polling sites must provide electricity, drinking water, toilets, shade, ramps and wheelchairs with priority for seniors, persons with disabilities, pregnant women and other vulnerable voters, and campaigning ends at 5:30 pm on January 13 with a ban on election ads thereafter.