Lakhs of vehicles make a beeline to take part in Sammakka Saralamma jatara
About 1.25 crore people are expected to visit Medaram through 3.5 lakh private vehicles and 4,000 RTC buses. This will pose a challenge to the police to regulate vehicular traffic and provide parking.
Hyderabad: As lakhs of vehicles make a beeline to Medaram to take part in Sammakka Saralamma jatara from February 16, the police are leaving no stone unturned in making the celebrations a grand success.
The State police officers have already conducted a series of meetings with the district police with regard to traffic diversions, parking, prevention of crime and security to the VVIP visits. The department is deploying 9,000 policemen drawn from various districts for jatara duties, according to a press release.
About 1.25 crore people are expected to visit Medaram through 3.5 lakh private vehicles and 4,000 RTC buses. This will pose a challenge to the police to regulate vehicular traffic and provide parking.
As many as 382 CCTVs, two drone cameras, 20 display boards and huge command control centre to monitor the jatara round the clock were put in place.
Around 33 parking places and 37 vehicle holding points were earmarked to regulate the flow of vehicles. For every four kilometres, one police outpost was set up. One Pasra route, one police outpost for every two kilometres was set up and mobile patrolling teams will be moving all over.
Six towing vehicles, 11 cranes, 20 JCBs were put in place in case of traffic snarls.
The department will also be distributing face masks and sanitiser kits to all policemen on duty.
Over 50 public information centres were set up to guide the devotees.
District Superintendent of Police SSG Patil appealed to drivers not to overtake and ensure radium stickers at the back of the vehicles for safe travel.
He also urged people to take personal precautionary measures and follow the instructions of policemen on jatara duties at various places.
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