In an incident at Brahmana Bazaar in Khammam city a man was injured when a 32 feet high clay Ganesh idol collapsed while it was being lifted by crane to shift the idol onto a vehicle.
Agriculture Minister Thummala Nageswara Rao along with district Collector Muzammil Khan and Commissioner of Police Sunil Dutt flagged off the Ganesh Shobha Yatra at Gandhi Chowk in Khammam.
During the meeting, Anand emphasized factors that need to be considered while preparing bandobast plans including actionable intelligence gathering and surveillance on unsocial elements
While the city eagerly awaits the main event, many devotees have already begun immersing their idols, with smaller processions filling the streets over the past few days.
He convened a review meeting with police officials over security arrangements to be made in view of immersion of Ganesh idols in communally sensitive Bhainsa and Nirmal towns
In view of the final immersion of Ganesh idols, the City Police Commissioner, CV Anand, issued orders to close all wine, toddy, and bar shops within the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
The Commissioner went to South Zone DCP office and met all the officers of L&O, Traffic, Task Force, and Special Branch and discussed in detail about the upcoming idols processions and the run up to it alongside the preparations for Milad celebrations
As a part of these efforts, the GHMC authorities have said that close to 73 immersion points of different sizes have been created across different zones in Hyderabad.
District Collector Muzammil Khan held a meeting with Stambhadri Utsav Committee members and officials of concerned departments here on Friday and asked them to work in coordination for making arrangements for Ganesh Navaratri celebrations and Ganesh immersion
Speaking to media persons on Friday, Anand said first time in history, the 65-feet-Khairatabad Bada Ganesh began its journey around 6.30 am and was immersed early at 1.30pm.
