Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Mumbra Police Set Strict Safety Rules for Navratrotsav Celebrations
Mumbra Police met with local groups getting ready for Navratrotsav.
They explained rules for setting up pandals, electricity, and loudspeakers.
Organizers must help keep people safe at Garba and Dandia events.
They also need to prepare for fires and manage crowds.
Idols must be taken to approved immersion places, using permitted routes.
Police asked everyone to keep the festival free of drugs and to report suspicious activity.
They also warned people not to share banking secrets or click suspicious links.
Anyone facing online money fraud should call 1930 and contact their bank.
Mumbra Police met with about 85 to 90 Navratrotsav mandal representatives from the Mumbra-Divas region.
Organizers must obtain required permissions for pandals, idols, temporary electrical setups, and sound systems.
Police warned that sound systems must follow legal limits and that violations could prompt immediate legal action.
Mandals are responsible for event security, crowd management, fire safety, and following designated immersion routes and sites.
Police urged drug-free celebrations and cyber-fraud awareness, including reporting online fraud to helpline 1930 and banks.
- Who
- Mumbra Police, municipal and emergency officials, and about 85 to 90 Navratrotsav mandal representatives.
- What
- Police issued guidelines covering permissions, noise, event security, idol immersion, drug prevention, and cyber-fraud awareness.
- When
- Ahead of the upcoming Navratrotsav celebrations; the meeting date was not specified.
- Where
- Afrin Hall near Mumbra Railway Station, in the Mumbra-Divas region.
- Why
- To help ensure Navratrotsav is celebrated safely, peacefully, and responsibly.
- Meeting attendance
- Approximately 85 to 90 mandal presidents, vice-presidents, and coordinators attended.
- Meeting venue
- Afrin Hall near Mumbra Railway Station.
- Permissions
- Prior approval is required for idol installation, pandals, temporary electrical setups, and sound systems.
- Noise rules
- Sound systems must follow legal and court-mandated decibel limits and operating times.
- Immersion rules
- Idol immersions must use government- and police-designated sites and authorized routes.
- Cyber-fraud reporting
- Victims were urged to call national cyber helpline 1930 and notify their banks.