Coordination meeting held with Shia community ahead of Muharram

 With Muharram slated for July 29th, City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand held  a co-ordination meeting with Shia community members at Salarjung museum and  took their opinions on the security & traffic  and other arrangements. 

Addressing the community members, CP Anand said that a high level meeting was chaired by the Hon'ble ministers and assured that city police has been making all arrangements and sought the cooperation of the community members and other departments.

 " Along with  Taskforce force, SHE teams, crime teams will be deployed and traffic wing will scale up the deployment to maintain smooth flow of traffic and patrolling will be intensified starting from the first day of Muharram." he said. 

He apprised them about the G.O. to provide an elephant for the procession and urged them  to take measures for the rest and safety of the animal and stressed  for adherence to  procession route and to maintain strict permiter  around the elephant. "A dry run will be held  and city police will set up Joint control rooms at strategic locations" he said. 

“As this is a mourning procession to express solidarity and a  time to remember the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussein let us do the maatam with our hearts and set  the differences aside." he appealed. 

Thousands of Shia Muslims will take part in the mourning procession, a 400 year old tradition mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, starts from Bibi-ka-alam, Dabeerpura and passes through Charminar-Gulzar house, Purani Havel, Darulshifa before ending at chaderghat. 

GHMC zonal commissioner Mr.Venkanna informed the meeting that maintenance works, electric, lifting works will be completed in-time.

The community members  applauded the arrangements being done by the state government and the city police .The MLA s and MLC s and other Muslim Clergy who  spoke on the occasion appealed the brethren to coordinate with on duty officers.

Sri.M.Srinivas IPS Jt.CP CAR Hqtrs,  Sri.P.Sai Chaitanya IPS DCP South zone, Sri.Ch.Rupesh IPS DCP South East, Sri.K.Kiran Prabhakar IPS DCP south west, Sri.N.Ashok Kumar DCP Traffic II, Sri.Ahmed Pasha Quadri MLA Yakutpura, Sri.Riyaz Ul affendy MLC, Sri.Venkanna Zonal commissioner GHMC,Charminar zone, Sri.Hyder Agha quibla, Sri.Waheedudduin Hyder Zafri Quibla, Sri.Alamdar Walazahi Corporator Dabeerpura, Sri.Sohail Quadri Corporator, Pathargatti, Sri.Syed.Abdullah quadri, Secretary AWQAF committee, Sri.Nazzaf Ali Shoukat, Sri.Mustaba Moosvi, Sri.Aizaz, Sri.Rehan Razvi were present.