In a bid to bolster safety measures on New Year’s Eve, the Mumbai police said it would intensify patrolling and checking of vehicles to maintain law and order in the city. The Maharashtra government has allowed the pubs and bars in the city to remain open till late at night on New Year’s Eve. The city traffic police had, till December this year, detected 9,168 cases of drinking and driving, and to curb such instances this New Year’s Eve, thousands of police personnel will be deployed across the city. 

Pradnya Jhende, DCP, traffic, south zone, said that there will be heavy deployment of police personnel who will conduct day-night patrolling in public hotspots like Marine Drive, Bandra Bandstand, Girgaon, and other popular areas. “Last year, we had observed that a large number of people had gathered around Marine Drive hoping to witness fireworks. I have urged the citizens to not gather here as there is no such event taking place on December 31,” DCP Jhende said.