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MUMBAI: Eight drones and over 40,000 cops will monitor city roads, beaches and all other important spots and vital installations on New Year’s Eve. With night curfew imposed till January 5, police said people can come out to celebrate, but festivities must wind up by 11pm.Gatherings on terraces have also been banned.
Police said the cops will be deployed in two shifts of 20,000 each to ensure compliance with Covid-19 norms as well as to maintain law and order. People can visit hangouts like Gateway of India, Marine Drive, Bandra Bandstand, Girgaum Chowpatty, Juhu, Gorai and Madh Island, but only in groups of fewer than four.