City bids adieu to Khairatabad Ganesh

Hyderabad: The giant, 60-feet Khairatabad Ganesh Idol was immersed amidst fanfare on Tuesday evening. Thousands of devotees flocked NTR Marg near Hussain Sagar to witness the grand spectacle. Utsav Samithi members performed rituals before the idol was lowered into the water slowly by a huge crane between 6.30 and 7 pm.

The immersion of this biggest idol in twin cities was held back due to delay in immersion of myriad forms of Ganesh idols that came in colourful cavalcade to Hussain Sagar until Tuesday afternoon.

The Shobhayatra of Khairatabad idol, which was set to begin at 11 pm on Sunday, was delayed as the police authorities advised them not to start the procession. After the route got cleared, police gave their nod for the commencement of Khairatabad idol procession around 11.40 am. The procession passed through Telephone Bhavan and Telugu Talli Flyover routes to culminate near NTR Marg. Meanwhile, the distribution of the 5000-kg laddu prasadam of Khairatabad Ganesh will be held on Thursday. The Utsav Samithi members will offer prasadam to those coming in queue between 11am and 2pm. Meanwhile, the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samiti International President D R Bhagvant Rao and other office bearers thanked the Telangana government for making necessary arrangements for peaceful immersion.

They also thanked all the civic departments that were involved in providing necessary amenities for the devotees

TS DGP lauds cops
Hyderabad: Telangana State Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Shrarma on Tuesday congratulated all the policemen in the State for their continuous and arduous efforts for the grand success of 11-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations that ended in the State on Tuesday. Around 50,000 policemen who were deployed across the State, including Hyderabad and Cyberabad, discharged their duties diligently day and night and maintained law and order in a perfect manner, the DGP said.

The DGP also congratulated all the Superintendents of Police (SPs) in the State especially, both Commissioners of Police of Hyderabad and Cyberabad and the members of peace committees and various associations for their coordinated efforts and vigil that made the festival a grand success.