Security ramped up for festivals

Security ramped up for festivals
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City police is making elaborate arrangements for series of festivities like Muharram procession, Bathukamma, Dasara and Sikh procession.

Hyderabad: City police is making elaborate arrangements for series of festivities like Muharram procession, Bathukamma, Dasara and Sikh procession.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner P Mahender Reddy said that a total of 5,000 police officers would be deployed in the city of which about 4000 personnel will be posted in south zone for the bandobust arrangements to cover all the events including the main procession of Bibi Ka Alawa – elephant procession slated for October 10.

About 20 ‘She’ teams will be deployed to keep a check on women harassment and nearly 1000 surveillance cameras were installed on main procession route and at Ashoor Khanas.

Medical teams and fire tenders will be deployed at all important places to meet any emergency. Wherever necessary, the GHMC officials will arrange street lighting arrangements and keep roads clean,” Mahender Reddy said that Anti- Sabotage teams, Bomb Squads, Mufti teams, Special Branch teams would also be deployed. Special arrangements would be made for Sikh processions at Bahadurpura and Chatrinaka on October 2, police said.

A coordination meeting was held with various departments and the religious heads assured that they would not create sound pollution or cause disturbance to public.

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