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Lalbaugcha Raja visarjan begins, 24,000 police on duty in Mumbai
The Lalbaugcha Raja immersion procession began in Mumbai on Friday morning, with the idol expected to reach Girgaon Chowpatty by early Saturday. The procession started from Lalbaug Market and will follow a…
The Lalbaugcha Raja immersion procession began in Mumbai on Friday morning, with the idol expected to reach Girgaon Chowpatty by early Saturday. The procession started from Lalbaug Market and will follow a route through Chinchpokli, Byculla, and Khada Parsi before arriving at the beach between 5 am and 7 am on September 26. The final immersion ceremony is scheduled after 8 am.
Mumbai Police have deployed over 24,000 personnel for security, including Quick Response Teams and Bomb Detection Squads. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has deployed 25,000 staff, with 1,132 lifeguards, 85 ambulances, and 10 motorboats at immersion sites. The BMC has set up 383 artificial lakes for idols up to six feet tall, following Bombay High Court directions.
So far this year, 1,63,386 Ganapati idols have been immersed across Mumbai during the 12-day festival. The Hindustan Times reports that the Sakinaka Traffic Division has imposed no-parking zones on the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, and heavy vehicle entry is restricted on that corridor.
Indian Opinion Analysis
All four sources cover the visarjan as a straight logistical event, giving police and BMC deployment numbers without editorialising. Freepress Journal leads with the procession route and timing in neutral detail, while both Hindustan Times pieces foreground the security and civic machinery, repeating the 24,000-cop and 25,000-staffer figures. ABP Live frames the event emotionally, leading with devotees bidding farewell and including photos of processions in Hyderabad and Toronto. No source criticises the government or the police arrangements. The uniform takeaway is that Mumbai is prepared for a massive, orderly immersion, with no reported disruption so far.
The Bombay High Court's directive on idol height limits, cited by one Hindustan Times piece, is the only regulatory note in coverage otherwise focused on crowd management numbers.
Coverage: 4 sources, 4 neutral
Sources (4): freepressjournal.in (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (2) (neutral report), news.abplive.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
