Hyderabad Police Gear Up For Final Ganesh Immersion On September 25
Hyderabad City Police fully prepared for Ganesh immersion. Surveillance will be conducted via 10,000 CCTV cameras and 24 drones for the procession, and 20,000 police personnel will be deployed for security, Commissioner VC Sajjanar said.
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad City Police has finalized an extensive security blueprint for the concluding immersion procession of the Ganesh festivities, set to culminate on Friday, September 25, with the grand Balapur Ganesh procession. While idol immersions have been proceeding peacefully across the city since the third day of celebrations, authorities are bracing for massive crowds converging from Hyderabad, Cyberabad, Malkajgiri, Future City, and surrounding districts.
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Preparations began three months in advance, with Commissioner of Police V.C. Sajjanar, IPS, holding coordination meetings with idol makers in Dhoolpet and Laxmideviguda, various government departments, and organizing committees.
To ensure transparency across the city, an online portal was launched for pandal permissions. Out of 15,426 applications received, 14,929 pandal permissions were granted following physical field verification. All approved pandals have been geotagged, and bilingual (Telugu and English) informational posters detailing fire safety and electrical safety precautions have been affixed at the sites. To date, 32,878 idols from various regions have been successfully immersed, including 6,108 idols belonging to the Hyderabad city limits.
In the last 24 hours alone, 2,161 idols within the city limits were immersed. To facilitate a smooth procession, joint route inspections were completed from Balapur to Hussain Sagar alongside festival committees and departmental officials, completing road repairs, electricity wire adjustments, and tree pruning along the route.
