Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Nashik Plans Simhastha Security With 40,000 Police Personnel
Nashik is getting ready for a large religious gathering called the Simhastha Kumbh Mela.
About 40,000 police personnel are expected to come from across Maharashtra to help keep people safe.
The police plan to use 127 wedding halls and lawns, as well as 67 lodges for senior officers.
These places are expected to be used for 60 days from July to September 2027.
Their owners will receive payment under government rules.
The venues will also help provide meals to the police.
Officers will take hot meals with them so traffic delays do not leave them waiting for food.
Officials say the arrangements are meant to help police do their duties effectively.
Around 40,000 police personnel from across Maharashtra are expected to help secure the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela.
The police plan to requisition 127 wedding halls and lawns, plus 67 lodges for senior officers.
The venues are expected to be requisitioned for 60 days between July and September 2027, with compensation paid under government norms.
Venue operators will provide breakfast and meals, and police will carry hot-food tiffins to deployment locations.
Officials say planning addresses accommodation, meals and transport, including possible food-delivery delays caused by traffic.
- Who
- About 40,000 police personnel, with planning led by Nashik district and police officials.
- What
- Security preparations include accommodation and meals for police personnel during the Simhastha Kumbh Mela.
- When
- The venues are expected to be requisitioned for 60 days from July to September 2027.
- Where
- Nashik and Trimbakeshwar, Maharashtra.
- Why
- To support police deployment and law-and-order duties during the event, when large numbers of devotees are expected.
- Police personnel expected
- Approximately 40,000
- Wedding halls and lawns
- 127
- Lodges for senior officers
- 67
- Planned requisition period
- 60 days, from July to September 2027
- Meals
- Venue operators will prepare and serve meals; hot-food tiffins are planned for officers at deployment sites.
- Compensation
- Property operators will be compensated according to government norms.