Overview

• Municipal data showed 5,855 public mandal idols, 30,468 household idols and 309 Gauri idols immersed across Mumbai by early Sunday.
• Mumbai Police deployed more than 21,000 personnel, used an AI control room at Girgaon Chowpatty, issued QR codes to mandal vehicles and monitored crowds with extensive CCTV and drones, with a Coast Guard helicopter providing aerial surveillance.
• The Lalbaugcha Raja procession ran through the night toward Girgaon Chowpatty, with teams using a specially built raft and waiting out high tides to complete sea immersion operations.
• Police said a hoax bomb threat received on Thursday led to the arrest of a 50-year-old Noida resident, and the city reported peaceful processions.
• The BMC expanded logistics with over 275 artificial ponds, thousands of lifeguards, rafts, floodlights and ambulances, and backed eco-initiatives to process idols into organic manure as cleanup continued.