Hyderabad: CP urges peaceful Ganesh festival
Hyderabad: In preparation for the ensuing Ganesh festival-2024, Hyderabad Commissioner of Police (CP) K Sreenivasa Reddy conducted an inter-departmental coordination meeting with Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi and Khairtabad Ganesh Utsav Samithi, police officers of tri-commissionerates and other government departments here on Saturday. The meeting was convened at Telangana Command and Control Centre (TGC&CC) in Banjara Hills.
During the meeting, representatives of Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi and Khairatabad Ganesh Samithi raised issues concerning the festival, including potholes, the need for adequate illumination at specific locations, the availability of vehicles for mandapam organisers, and arrangements for food and water during the immersion night etc.
In response to these concerns, the authorities assured to allocate the necessary resources, both in terms of material and personnel, adequate number of cranes, road repair works, installation of lights, measures to prevent electrocution, providing tuskers and other heavy vehicles and tree-pruning etc.
Further, Reddy emphasized to comply with the court orders and appealed to the utsav samithis to duly fill the intimation forms and assured that the police department will make elaborate arrangements for the festival to ensure that no trouble or inconvenience is caused to the devotees during festivities. He also sought cooperation from various departments for effective execution of plans and successful completion of the festival.