In a move to enhance security, the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) has deployed 30 Maharashtra Security Force personnel across its headquarters, offices, schools, and key locations. This decision follows mid-day’s March 2 report on several bottles of alcohol, food wrappers, and leftover food being found inside the Hirkani rooms of a municipal school in Ulhasnagar Camp No. 3’s Farwar Line area. The affected schools, numbered 29 and 8, were allegedly being misused by certain cleaning staff as rest and recreation spaces.

While security guards have been appointed in schools for student safety, personnel will also be posted in departments such as encroachment and tax collection. UMC Commissioner Manisha Awhale stated that the initiative aims to curb illegal activities and strengthen law and order in the city.