<img src="https://static.gujaratsamachar.com/content_image/content_image_e0381bee-7b88-4ff2-b8b6-a3996039ece6.jpeg" data-filename="Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal (24).png" style="width: 100%;" alt="Coldplay concert in Ahmedabad creates new benchmarks for Gujarat"> British rock band Coldplay’s biggest concert, held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on January 25-26, saw 2.5 lakh people arriving in the city for the two day extravaganza.<h2 style="text-align: left;">4 lakh metro passengers</h2>In the two days of the concert, Ahmedabad Metro recorded the highest travel milestone, earning ₹66 lakh. A total of 4,05,264 people traveled in the metro during these two days. The metro increased the number of trips during the concert and made a total of 833 trips in two days.Earlier, the highest travel was recorded during the Cricket World Cup and IPL. On October 14, 2023, 1,42,972 people travelled on the day of the India vs Pakistan match during the Cricket World Cup 2023 and 1,37,801 people travelled on November 19, 2023 for the World Cup final.On May 22, 2024, the day of the IPL 2024 final, the travel figure was 1,65,504.<h2 style="text-align: left;">Security and Transport</h2>More than 1,800 personnel including senior officers were deployed by the police. Two police control rooms and two CCTV control rooms were set up for precise monitoring of the event, which was monitored by around 470 CCTVs.Police patrolling teams were continuously patrolling around the event area. Two hospitals were temporarily set up at the event venue and 10 ambulances were kept on standby for emergency response. Considering the traffic, 17 parking areas were created, in which about 8,000 vehicles can be parked.Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/coldplay-concert-in-ahmedabad-extensive-security-parking-arrangements-in-place" target="_blank">Coldplay concert in Ahmedabad: Extensive security, parking arrangements in place</a><h2 style="text-align: left;">Over 1,500 tonnes of garbage disposed</h2>The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) allocated 14 JCB machines and 27 trucks along with 492 sanitation workers for cleaning around the Narendra Modi Stadium. Cleaning was done with the help of 12 sweeper machines and 5 compactors and additional 10 SWM vehicles were used.Within 48 hours, 1550 tonnes of garbage was collected and disposed of.<h2 style="text-align: left;">Over 900 flights in three days﻿</h2>More than 900 flights arrived at the Ahmedabad International Airport in three days, which is almost double the number of normal days.During these days, guests from all over India visited the tourist places of Ahmedabad city in addition to the concert and enjoyed the traditional cuisine of Gujarat.This boosted the city’s tourism, and created a major source of revenue for Ahmedabad’s hotels, restaurants, urban transport department, and local vendors through the Coldplay concert.Also read:<a href="https://english.gujaratsamachar.com/news/gujarat/coldplay-in-ahmedabad-the-british-band-shares-glimpses-of-citys-beauty" target="_blank">Viva La Ahmedabad: Coldplay shares glimpses of city’s beauty</a>

British rock band Coldplay’s biggest concert, held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on January 25-26, saw 2.5 lakh people arriving in the city for the two day extravaganza.

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