Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Hyderabad Police Introduce Zero-Tolerance Security for Ganesh Festival
Hyderabad police are preparing extra security for the Ganesh festival.
More armed officers will be deployed to help keep people safe.
Every festival structure, called a mandapam, must be registered with the police.
Organisers must also mark its location using a phone app.
Police will watch social media all day and night for rumours or messages that could cause trouble.
Crowded sites must have barricades and their own cameras.
Officers will check procession routes and plan traffic diversions.
The police commissioner said people who try to disturb peace or spread hateful messages may face legal action.
Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar ordered intensive security, including heavy deployment of armed personnel, for the Ganesh festival.
Organisers must register every Ganesh mandapam on the police portal and digitally geo-tag it through a designated app.
Police will conduct 24-hour cyber surveillance to identify provocative content, hate speech and rumours.
Pandal managers must install queue barricades and independent CCTV cameras in crowded areas.
Traffic and police units will coordinate diversions and advance route sweeps for processions from Balapur to Khairatabad Bada Ganesh.
- Who
- Hyderabad City Police, led by commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, along with festival organisers, traffic units and coordinating commissionerates.
- What
- Police ordered a zero-tolerance security protocol involving armed deployments, geo-tagging, cyber surveillance, CCTV, barricades and traffic controls.
- When
- The preparations were discussed at a meeting held on Saturday ahead of the Ganesh festival.
- Where
- Hyderabad, including routes from Balapur to Khairatabad Bada Ganesh and the Shamshabad and Rajendranagar zones.
- Why
- To prevent disruption, communal provocation, theft, nuisance, stampedes and traffic gridlocks during large gatherings and processions.
- Police commissioner
- V.C. Sajjanar
- Mandapam registration
- Every Ganesh mandapam must register through the police portal.
- Location tracking
- Organisers must geo-tag mandapams using the specified app.
- Cyber monitoring
- The IT cell and local network units will monitor social media around the clock.
- Crowd safety
- Pandal managers must install queue barricades and standalone CCTV cameras.
- Procession route
- Advance sweeps will cover the route from Balapur to Khairatabad Bada Ganesh.
- Traffic coordination
- The traffic wing will coordinate diversions with Cyberabad and Rachakonda commissionerates.