Mumbai Ganesh Visarjan 2026 is being conducted with more than 24,000 police personnel and 25,000 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials deployed across the city for crowd management, emergency response and immersion-related arrangements on Anant Chaturdashi.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his wife, Amruta Fadnavis, took part in the traditional immersion ceremony and offered prayers before the idol was immersed. The ceremony marked the culmination of the Ganpati festival, with devotees across Mumbai and Maharashtra bidding farewell to Lord Ganesha.
Anant Chaturdashi is being observed in Mumbai on September 25, with processions and immersion ceremonies taking place at beaches, designated immersion points and artificial ponds across the city. The festival began on September 14, and hundreds of idols are expected to be immersed across Mumbai during the final day of celebrations.
Police and civic authorities have introduced security and traffic arrangements along major procession routes and at immersion locations. More than 24,000 police personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order and manage the movement of large crowds during the ceremonies.
The BMC said it has deployed more than 25,000 officials and employees to oversee immersion-related operations and public facilities. The civic body has positioned 1,132 lifeguards and installed 6,052 floodlights and searchlights at immersion sites to support night-time operations and improve visibility near water bodies.
Emergency response arrangements include 85 ambulances and 10 motorboats placed at various locations. The BMC has also established 261 reception centres, 228 control rooms and 75 observation towers to coordinate operations and monitor crowd movement across the city.
For devotees attending the processions and immersion ceremonies, the civic body has arranged 489 temporary toilets along with other basic facilities. These measures are intended to support the large number of people expected at natural and artificial immersion sites throughout the day.
The scale of the deployment reflects the operational demands of Mumbai’s largest annual public gathering, which involves simultaneous processions, road restrictions, crowd movement and activity around beaches and other water bodies. Police and civic teams are coordinating security, traffic management, safety measures and emergency services as the city completes the festival’s final day.
