4,000 cops on duty today to keep Tata Mumbai marathoners safe

As per figures provided by a Mumbai police spokesperson, four additional commissioners of police, 13 deputy commissioners of police, 540 police officers and over 3,000 police constables have been deployed for the event.

Additionally, 18 platoons of state reserve police, 18 units of quick reaction force, special anti terrorism teams and a bomb disposal squad and personnel have also been assigned to keep an eye on the event through CCTV cameras.

Since hospitals, in and around the route of the marathon, will be closed for vehicular movement for many hours on Sunday, the Mumbai police said its has created a nodal number for hospital authorities to contact them during times of emergency.

A senior IPS officer, confirming the development, said, “Along with the nodal number, I have also shared numbers of the senior police inspector of police stations with hospital authorities. This is to prevent delay in providing help during any emergency, at which time hospital authorities can dial the number and the ambulance will be routed to the hospital via an alternate road.”

Authorities said the marathon comprises seven different categories — full marathon, half marathon, 10K run, full marathon elite, champion with disability run, senior citizens run and dream run.

The marathon route will cover part of South and Central Mumbai from MRA, Azad Maidan, Kalbadevi, D B Marg, Malabar Hill, Worli, Bandra, Dadar and Mahim traffic division.

73 roads to be closed from 3 am to 2 pm

The traffic department on Friday informed people about the closure of 73 roads between 3 am and 2 pm for the marathon. They include MG road, KB Patil road, Veer Nariman Point, Madam Cama road, Purushottam Thakurdas Road, Cooperage road, MK road, NS road, DW road, HT Parikh Marg, SVP road, Walkeshwar road, Babulnath Marg, Huges Road, Gopalrao Deshmukh Marg, Annie Besant, WEH towards Sea Link from U Bridge, SV road south bound and Western express highway south bound.

The department also released a list of roads where parking will be prohibited. They include JSS road from Shamaldas Gandhi road to Bulwant Phadke junction (Metro junction), M G Road from Balwant Phadke junction to Hutatma chowk, Shamladas Gandhi road from M K road junction to Alfred Junction, Veer Nariman Road, Madam Cama road, J Tata road, Mahapalika road, NS road, NA Purandare road, Gopalrao Deshmukh road (Pedder road).

Nearby roads – Dr Rajani Patel Marg, SVP road, Cr2/Inox Mall, outside Vidhanbhavan, Bellard Pier, Vinay K Shah Marg, BMC Pay and park at AltaMount road, Akruthi building at BD road and Keshav Rao Khade Marg – can be utilised for parking.