IIT Bombay cancels Mood Indigo pre-registrations, bars outsiders

A day after overcrowding at the IIT Bombays Mood Indigo the institute on Wednesday announced that it has cancelled all preregistrations for events linked to its annual cultural festival for Wednesday and ThursdayIn a post shared on X the institute said that entry for outsiders has been stopped for the next two days Only competition participants and IIT Bombay residents will be allowed to enter the campus during this periodAll preregistrations for Mood Indigo events at IIT Bombay are cancelled and entry for any outsider except the competition participants and IIT Bombay residents is stopped for today and tomorrow pictwittercomCbBTZ5hIgAmdash IIT Bombay iitbombay December 17 2025The reason for the decision was not officially informed by IIT Bombay but the announcement came in amid concerns over large crowds and traffic congestion in and around the Powai area particularly on the JogeshwarindashVikhroli Link Road JVLR on Tuesday eveningThe festival had attracted a massive turnout leading to severe traffic snarls and inconvenience to commutersMood Indigo is one of largest college cultural festivals and draws hundreds of visitors at IIT BombayMotorists and residents complained of traffic snarls on TuesdayCommuters travelling on the JogeshwarindashVikhroli Link Road JVLR in Mumbai on Tuesday evening faced severe traffic congestion near Powai with many reporting delays of several hoursTraffic on the busy stretch came to a near standstill reportedly as large crowds gathered for IIT Bombayrsquos annual cultural festival moodindigoTraffic officials said the spillover of students and visitors attending the event led to heavy congestion in and around PowaiAccording to officials the traffic jam began in the evening and continued for several hours before easing late at nightHeavy congestion occurred along the JVLR due to a large influx of students attending the Mood Indigo festival at IIT Bombay The JogeshwariVikhroli Link Road JVLR is experiencing significant delays due to poor crowd management Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association CCWA posted along with a video of traffic snarls on XHeavy congestion occurred along the JVLR due to a large influx of students attending the Mood Indigo festival at IIT Bombay The JogeshwariVikhroli Link Road JVLR is experiencing significant delays due to poor crowd management pictwittercomuD4x7MNmVLmdash Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association CCWA ChandivaliCCWA December 16 2025Traffic Police stepped inldquoWe already have traffic police on site and now things have begun to normaliserdquo a traffic control official said adding that additional personnel were deployed to manage the situationThe Mumbai Traffic Police also confirmed on social media that traffic movement was slow due to a college event at IIT Bombayrsquos main gate near Sakinaka Traffic Movement Is Slow At Powai IIT MainGate Sakinaka Due To Collage student eventMTPTrafficUpdatemdash Mumbai Traffic Police MTPHereToHelp December 16 2025Commuters report matter on XSeveral commuters expressed their frustration over the long delays A Powai resident said it took him over an hour to travel from Rambaug Chowki to IIT Bombay on a twowheeler a journey that usually takes much less timeIt took me 125 hrs to travel from Rambaug Chowki to IIT Bombay on a two wheeler a Powai resident had told midday on Tuesday night