Today sees the fifth day-visarjan of the Ganesh festival in Mumbai. Already we see preparations for visarjan, with more road signage and more traffic police to ensure smooth movement of both pedestrians and traffic at crucial points.

Mumbai sees a special, added burden on the roads during festivals. There is naturally more traffic moving in different directions on these days, posing a challenge to cops and pedestrians. Overall, the police keep traffic moving without incident during these days. There are, of course, certain times when things do go off track, but on the whole, the cops do a commendable job in stressful times.