Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Mumbai Deploys Over 24,000 Police for Ganesh Immersions
Mumbai is preparing for the final day of its Ganesh festival.
On Friday, many people will take Ganesh idols to water for immersion.
This day is called Anant Chaturdashi.
More than 24,000 police personnel will help keep the processions safe.
Special teams will watch crowded and sensitive areas.
Traffic rules will restrict parking and some heavy vehicles on important roads.
The BMC will also send more than 25,000 workers and prepare immersion facilities.
Officials have asked people to cooperate, report suspicious objects and follow safety instructions near the water.
More than 24,000 police personnel will secure Mumbai’s final Ganesh immersion processions on Friday.
The processions on Anant Chaturdashi will conclude the festival that began on September 14.
Specialised units, including the Rapid Action Force, State Reserve Police Force, Force One, anti-drone squads and Home Guards, will guard key locations.
Traffic restrictions include no-parking zones and heavy-vehicle diversions on the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, Lalbaug and Kalachowki corridors.
The BMC will deploy more than 25,000 staff, with immersion sites, lifeguards, ambulances, motorboats and other public-safety facilities prepared.
- Who
- The Mumbai Police, Traffic Police, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, specialised security units and devotees.
- What
- Authorities are securing Ganesh idol immersion processions and arranging traffic, civic and emergency services.
- When
- Friday, on Anant Chaturdashi; the festival began on September 14.
- Where
- Across Mumbai, including immersion sites and major corridors such as JVLR, Lalbaug and Kalachowki.
- Why
- To facilitate safe, peaceful celebrations and manage crowds, traffic and idol immersions.
- Police deployment
- More than 24,000 police personnel
- Police leadership
- Six Joint Commissioners, nine Additional Commissioners, 38 DCPs and 66 ACPs
- Other police personnel
- 3,213 police officers, 18,940 other security personnel and 1,050 trainees
- Civic deployment
- More than 25,000 BMC officials and employees
- Immersion facilities
- Reports cite 67 natural sites and either 383 or 387 artificial lakes
- Emergency resources
- 1,132 lifeguards, 85 ambulances and 10 motorboats
- Festival total
- The BMC reported 1,63,386 idols immersed during earlier periods of the festival
- Emergency numbers
- 100 and 112
