<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Mumbaikars have geared up to welcome the New Year without any Covid-19 restrictions after two years and the police have beefed up security across the city to prevent any untoward incident. Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said that additional police personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order in the city.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He said that police are anticipating large gatherings near the Gateway of India, Marine Drive, Girgaum Chowpatty, Juhu beach, Bandstand in suburban Bandra and other prominent locations, and security arrangements have been made accordingly.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Western Railway will operate four services from Churchgate to Virar and as many in the opposite direction from 12.15 am onwards. The Central Railway will operate two extra trains between the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus – CSMT and Kalyan. Similarly, two extra trains will run between CSMT and Panvel.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport – BEST is operating 50 special buses on various bus routes of the city for the convenience of Mumbaikars on New Year's Eve.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Citizens have also crowded various temples in the state to welcome the New Year. Devotees have thronged Vitthal temple of Pandharpur, Saibaba temple of Shirdi, Mahalakshmi temple of Kolhapur and the Swami Samarth temple of Akkalkot. The temple administrations have also made preparations to welcome the devotees.</span></p>