Overview
- Cabinet minister Shambhuraj Desai announced a coordinated campaign featuring special drives and surprise visits by plainclothes police personnel.
- The state plans to deploy Maharashtra Ex-servicemen Corporation personnel to strengthen on-ground security in parks and open spaces.
- Officials directed improvements to electricity and lighting in parks, while legislators urged linking garden CCTV feeds to local police stations and ensuring overnight power.
- The BMC manages 895 parks, including 604 in the suburbs, and the current private-guard setup with minimal staffing has been deemed inadequate.
- Desai said he will meet the Police Commissioner after the Budget session to coordinate implementation, citing 1,283 drug-peddling cases in 2025–26 with 1,627 people booked and 5,907 users arrested in 7,091 consumption cases.