Hyderabad sources have stated that to prevent any untoward incident in the upcoming Vinayaka Chaviti festival the Hyderabad police have decided to geotag all Ganesh pandals. Over 24,000 police personnel would be deployed and elaborate arrangements are being made for the smooth conduct of idols' immersion slated on September 5.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner M. Mahendar Reddy said "All Ganesh pandals will be geotagged in the city and this system will help in monitoring on how the police officials are supervising the arrangements during the festival period. This will also enable us to know about the visits of police officials to the pandals and also about the organizers. QR codes will also be provided to the pandals to verify their arrangements".
Reddy said "Lakhs of people participate in Ganesh visarjan. In order to ensure that Ganesh visarjan is done in a peaceful atmosphere, all security arrangements are being done". Moreover a review meeting was held with officials of different departments, representatives of Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samiti and other organizations here to take stock of the arrangements made for an "incident free" Ganesh visarjan.
