Khairatabad Bada Ganesh: Traffic police issue route plan, urge devotees to use public transport
Around 500 police personnel, along with pushing teams, will be deployed at major traffic choke points. Metro services will operate from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., while special RTC buses will be operated in addition to the 2,200 regular buses that touch the Khairatabad route every day.
On Saturday, the Anantapur police convened a meeting with Ganesh festival organizers and committee members. Superintendent of Police P. Jagadeesh underscored the significance of obtaining necessary permits, mounting CCTV cameras at prominent pandals, ensuring proper electrical and fire safety measures, deploying trained volunteers, implementing effective traffic management, enforcing noise restrictions, and establishing designated routes and schedules for processions and idol immersion ceremonies.
Meanwhile, in Puttaparthi and Mudigubba mandals, Sri Sathya Sai district SP S. Sateesh Kumar held an awareness session with Ganesh idol organizers. He emphasized the importance of keeping roads clear for emergency vehicles, maintaining electrical and fire safety standards, managing large crowds, monitoring CCTV footage, safeguarding women, children, and elderly individuals, adhering to DJ and noise regulations, ensuring secure transportation of idols, and discouraging drunkenness, the use of dangerous items, and provocative content in processions.
In Annamayya district, SP Dheeraj Kunubilli revealed that the regular public grievance program at the SP office in Madanapalle would be suspended on September 14, coinciding with the Vinayaka Chaturthi holiday. He advised festival organizers to strictly follow the guidelines set by the district police.
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