The Chief Minister has created history by emerging as the first Chief Minister to participate in Ganesh Nimajjanam in Hyderabad city. For the first time, he participated, extended welcome to famous Khairatabad Ganapathi, on its way to immersion and inspected the arrangements for the immersion on the ground.
After participating in the Prajapalana Day celebrations held at Public Gardens, he directly reached Tankbund NTR Marg from there. An inspection was conducted at Crane No. 4 where Khairatabad’s Mahaganapati immersion takes place. From there they watched immersion programs in Hussain Sagar.
The Chief Minister personally reviewed the setup of cranes and other equipment at the visarjan sites. He engaged with crane operators and staff, advising them to work in three shifts to ensure that the staff could take regular breaks and maintain efficiency throughout the process. Reddy also interacted with the devotees who came for the immersion, offering them words of encouragement and issuing necessary instructions to the officials.
The ‘Shobha Yatra’ of the 70 ft-tall Ganesh idol of the famous pandal at Khairatabad, a major attraction during the Ganesh Chaturthi in Hyderabad, which began on Tuesday morning concluded around 1.45 pm with the immersion of the giant idol in Hussain Sagar. As per the planned schedule, the immersion was done from crane No.4 installed at NTR Marg, within a record time of 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, the immersion of thousands of Lord Ganesh idols in water bodies, following the conclusion of nine-day Ganesh Chaturthi festivities, began on a grand scale on Tuesday morning. An estimated one lakh idols are expected to be immersed in water bodies this year in the city. The administration has made elaborate arrangements for the immersion of the idols.
The immersion in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits would be supervised with 733 CCTV cameras and a total of 15,000 personnel, including sanitation, engineering and others, would work in three shifts for 24 hours for the immersion event. As many as 468 cranes have already been set up for the immersion.
Telangana DGP Jitender said that this year Ganesh nimajjanam is going on in a peaceful environment. He said that coordination meeting levels were held twice with different religious leaders.
Around 25,000 police personnel would be deployed as part of the security arrangements for the Ganesh idols immersion. The Hyderabad Traffic Police have already put in place traffic restrictions for the smooth conduct of the nimmajan of idols, which is expected to go on for 24 hours.
