Traffic Restrictions En Route Hanuman Jayanti Procession

Hyderabad: To facilitate a hassle free Hanuman Jayanti procession and celebrations on Friday, the city police have streamlined traffic movement in several routes in the city.

The city police has deployed as many as 5,000 personnel for the procession, which will embark at 10.30 am from Sri Ram Mandir at Gowliguda Kaman and would converge at Old Bowenpally Hanuman temple. 260 CCTV cameras have been installed to check any untoward incidents in the procession route covering a stretch of 14 km.

Personnel from Rapid Action Force, Telangana Special Police, Armed Reserve battalions have also been deployed. “We have already started anti-sabotage checks and dog squads and bomb disposal squads have been checking the procession route every day,” a senior police official said.

The police officials have held meetings with the organisers of the procession and drafted 100 volunteers to help them out in leading the procession. Ahead of the festival, strict orders have been given directing bars and liquor shops to be closed and playing of DJ sound system is also prohibited.
Hyderabad police commissioner M. Mahendar Reddy said that they have also taken additional measures by imposing traffic restrictions and diversions in various parts of the city in view of Hanuman Jayanti celebrations.