Crucial meeting on arrangements for Ganesh immersion ceremony.

Hyderabad, The City Police Commissioner stated that comprehensive security measures are being implemented for the Ganesh immersion ceremony, directing officials to remain active until the festival concludes successfully and peacefully.
Addressing a meeting with the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Committee and officials from all departments at the Exhibition Grounds hall in Nampally, the Police Commissioner emphasized that no laxity at any level in immersion preparations would be tolerated. Keeping devotees’ convenience in mind, review meetings at the DCP level have already been conducted, where important decisions were made regarding sensitive areas, roads, electricity, drinking water, and emergency response situations.
The Commissioner noted that the problem of stray dogs is increasing in many parts of the city due to garbage not being cleaned on time. This situation could become more serious around worship sites.

Police Commissioner Issues Strict Instructions

This could affect law and order. He instructed municipal officials to form special teams and carry out cleaning immediately. He also directed immediate repair of potholes or damaged roads on the Ganesh immersion procession routes and completing patchwork in coordination with police.

The Police Commissioner appealed to pandal organizers, stating that DJs are prohibited in processions as the resulting noise pollution has serious health impacts, and therefore organizers should provide full cooperation to the administration in this matter. The Commissioner assured that police would support pandal organizers in every way to ensure the Ganesh festival is conducted safely and peacefully, and appealed to organizers to cooperate with arrangements and avoid unnecessary disputes with police. During the meeting, committee officials and several pandal organizers presented their respective problems.

Ganesh immersion ceremony

The Ganesh immersion ceremony, known as Ganesh Visarjan, is the grand finale of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, where large public and household idols of Lord Ganesha are ceremoniously immersed in a body of water. This tradition, which became a widespread public event in the 1890s thanks to Indian freedom fighter Lokmanya Tilak, symbolizes a ritual goodbye to the deity and the cycle of creation and dissolution.

Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Committee

The Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Committee is a major organizing body for the grand public celebrations of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad, India. Its history is deeply tied to the city’s identity, as it was established to promote large-scale community worship and cultural unity. The committee is renowned for organizing some of the most massive and iconic Ganesh idol immersions in the world.

Exhibition Grounds

The Exhibition Grounds are a historic public space, often hosting fairs, trade shows, and cultural events. They were typically established in the 19th or early 20th century to host world’s fairs or international expositions that showcased industrial and technological progress, with many becoming permanent venues for public gatherings.

Nampally

Nampally is a historic neighborhood in Hyderabad, India, best known for housing the iconic Nizam’s Guaranty Trust Building and the landmark Hyderabad Deccan Station (Nampally railway station). The area derives its name from a 17th-century Persian noble, Diwan Raghunath Das Nampalli, and has long been a major commercial and transportation hub for the city.