Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Over 6,000 Police Personnel to Secure Mysuru Dasara
Mysuru is getting ready for its 11-day Dasara festival.
More than 6,000 police personnel and home guards will help keep people safe.
Visitors can go to one of 18 police help centres or call 112 for assistance.
Some roads near Mysuru Palace will have special traffic rules, including one-way routes.
Cameras will help police monitor crowds.
People must not climb trees or watch the parade from weak buildings.
Officials have identified 92 old buildings that could be unsafe.
These rules are meant to help prevent accidents during the celebrations.
More than 6,000 police personnel and home guards will be deployed for Mysuru Dasara.
The 11-day festival will have 18 police assistance centres, and visitors can call helpline 112.
One-way traffic arrangements will be introduced on key roads around Mysuru Palace.
Authorities will monitor public movement using 35,794 CCTV cameras.
Spectators are prohibited from watching the Jamboo Savari from trees or structurally weak buildings; 92 potentially unsafe old buildings have been identified.
- Who
- Mysuru City Police, led in the announcement by Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, will coordinate security arrangements.
- What
- More than 6,000 police personnel and home guards will be deployed, alongside assistance centres, traffic controls and crowd monitoring.
- When
- During the upcoming 11-day Mysuru Dasara celebrations.
- Where
- Mysuru, including roads around Mysuru Palace and the Jamboo Savari procession route.
- Why
- To help the festival pass peacefully, manage crowds and prevent accidents.
- Security deployment
- 5,161 civil and traffic police personnel, 33 Karnataka State Reserve Police platoons, 25 District Armed Reserve platoons and 1,500 home guards
- Festival duration
- 11 days
- Police assistance centres
- 18
- Emergency helpline
- 112
- CCTV cameras
- 35,794
- Potentially unsafe old buildings identified
- 92
- Spectator restrictions
- Do not watch the Jamboo Savari from trees or structurally weak buildings.