Overview
- The SOP takes effect for events expecting over 5,000 people, with customary religious gatherings exempt and Election Commission rules taking precedence during polls.
- Applications must reach the jurisdictional police within set windows—10 days for notified venues, 15 for non-notified sites, and 30 for events above 50,000—with orders due at least 15 days prior for very large events.
- District Collectors will designate and annually review certified venues after PWD capacity assessments, with inputs from police and political parties to formalize suitable sites.
- Organisers must file detailed safety plans, deploy volunteers at a minimum 1:100 ratio, accept liability for injuries or damage, and provide basics including first aid, ambulances, one toilet per 500 people, and four litres of drinking water per person per day.
- Police deployment will follow risk-based ratios—1:200 for low risk, 1:100 for moderate, 1:50 for high—with immediate implementation directed to the DGP and an online application system mandated within six months, while a previously proposed security deposit was dropped.