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Early July, organisers released detailed conduct rules for first‑time The Kanwar Yatra participants, banning meat, alcohol, tobacco, garlic, onion, leather items and requiring kanwars to be kept off the ground on stands. By late July, Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district readied the route for an estimated 300,000–350,000 pilgrims, deploying 85 magistrates, repairing roads, installing lighting, closing nearby meat shops and conducting food‑safety inspections. The pilgrimage pilgrimage, which began on 30 July and is slated scheduled to run until 11 August. Delhi Traffic Police issued extensive advisories, imposing heavy‑vehicle bans on key corridors, diverting traffic on GT Road, the Outer Ring Road August, has prompted massive security and NH‑44, civic mobilizations. In Haridwar, authorities deployed approximately 6,000 police personnel, increased CCTV surveillance, and closing GT Road between Apra installed 300 permanent and the Yamuna Bridge from 9–12 August. Commuters were urged 60 mobile toilets to use alternate manage crowds. Following a terror alert, security was reinforced along pilgrimage routes with additional patrols and intelligence monitoring. In Uttar Pradesh districts such as UER‑II, Narela–Bawana and Burari Road and to rely on public transport. On 2 August, thousands of Shiva devotees walked from Haridwar, Kachla Ghat Muzaffarnagar and Gangotri, chanting “Har–Har Mahadev”. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath activated a safety–and–communication model across nine districts, with police at 19 points, anti–Romeo Meerut, authorities implemented anti-Romeo squads, separate women’s queues, anti–slip mats and barricades at major temples. Following a terror alert, about 6,000 police officers and expanded CCTV coverage were deployed, To mitigate traffic congestion, all government and a 251‟tool-themed Kanwar from Baghpat was displayed in Haridwar. All private schools, colleges colleges, and technical institutes in affected districts were closed ordered to close from 3 August to 10 August (some (with some extensions to 12 August) to ease traffic. In Delhi, August). Traffic management remains a critical focus across the government provided up to Rs 15 lakh per large camp Delhi-NCR region. Delhi Traffic Police issued advisories for sanitation, power and water supplies. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand suspended major corridors including NH-44, the Madhyamaheshwar trek after landslides Outer Ring Road, and bridge damage made adjacent service roads, specifically banning Kanwar Yatris from the 14.5‟km route unsafe, a temporary halt pending repairs. high-speed UER-II Expressway. Commuters were urged to use the Metro or alternate routes like Narela-Bawana and Burari Road. As the pilgrimage continued, Gurugram Police issued a traffic advisory approached its peak during the Sawan Shivratri period, authorities in Noida, Ghaziabad, and Faridabad warned of heavy congestion at Kalindi Kunj, the DND Flyway, and the Badarpur border. In Gurugram, police implemented diversions for 10 and 11 August August, directing heavy vehicles traveling toward Rajasthan, Rewari, and Faridabad to manage increasing congestion. use the Dwarka Expressway and the KMP Expressway to bypass city corridors.