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    Home / News / India News / Maharashtra observes Mahaparinirvan Diwas: What's open, what's closed today 
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    Maharashtra observes Mahaparinirvan Diwas: What's open, what's closed today 
    Mumbai schools to remain shut on Friday

    Maharashtra observes Mahaparinirvan Diwas: What's open, what's closed today 

    By Chanshimla Varah
    Dec 06, 2024
    11:53 am

    What's the story

    Maharashtra is observing Mahaparinirvan Diwas on Friday, the death anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.

    The state government has announced a local holiday for government and semi-government offices in Mumbai and its suburbs.

    Schools in Mumbai will also remain shut, according to a notice from the Education Department's Cluster Resource Center.

    However, public and private banks will function normally as the Reserve Bank of India's holiday calendar doesn't mention December 6 as a bank holiday in Mumbai.

    Preparations

    Special trains, security measures for Mahaparinirvan Diwas

    To handle the surge in passenger traffic, Central Railway has announced 14 more special trains reaching Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus from places such as Aurangabad and Nagpur.

    Twelve extra suburban trains will also operate on the nights of December 5 and 6.

    Security has been tightened with around 300 extra Railway Police Force personnel deployed at major stations.

    "Of these, 120 RPF staff are assigned to Dadar station," said Swapnil Nila, Chief Public Relations Officer of Central Railway.

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    Measures

    Traffic restrictions, dry day in Mumbai

    The Mumbai Traffic Police have restricted vehicular movement in central Mumbai between December 5-7 to control crowds at Chaityabhoomi.

    Liquor shops will remain shut as it is a dry day.

    Ambedkar, who was on the seven-person committee that drafted the Indian Constitution, was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian accolade, the Bharat Ratna, in 1990.

    He died on December 6, 1956, at his home in Delhi.

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