Ganesh Pandals To Be Geotagged For Better Security 

Hyderabad: 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.

"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 organisers. QR codes will also be provided to the pandals to verify their arrangements," said Hyderabad Police Commissioner M. Mahendar Reddy,

Hyderabad Police Commissioner M. Mahendar Reddy

This will also enable us to know about the visits of police officials to the pandals and also about the organisers. QR codes will also be provided to the pandals to verify their arrangements

A review meeting was held with officials of different departments, representatives of Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samiti and other organisations here to take stock of the arrangements made for an "incident free" Ganesh visarjan. "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," Reddy said, adding that measures have also been taken up to cover all procession routes with CCTV cameras.