Overview
- The main immersion day is scheduled for Friday, September 25, and Mumbai Police will deploy more than 24,000 personnel to manage large processions and crowded routes.
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has set up over 383 artificial immersion ponds and will station cranes, motorboats, ambulances, observation points and nirmalya collection centres at key sites.
- Central Railway has announced 22 special night suburban services for the festival period and Mumbai Traffic Police will ban heavy vehicles on the JVLR from 10 a.m. on September 25 until noon on September 26 to ease movement.
- Local bodies across Maharashtra have deployed lifeguards, divers, cranes, rafts, drones, CCTV and bomb‑detection units to reduce drowning, crowd and safety risks during processions and immersions.
- High-profile mandals such as Lalbaugcha Raja and Mumbaicha Raja have phased darshan closures and specific immersion plans, and authorities are prioritising artificial-pond immersions and idol-reuse drives to limit pollution of natural waters.