Dawat-e-Iftar hosted by Kotwal at Chowmahalla palace

 Today evening the Hyderabad City Police welcomed a diverse group of  government, civil society, religious leaders  to its annual Interfaith Iftar held at Chowmahalla palace– an annual tradition marking the holy month of Ramadan.

Before the call to prayer marking the end of the daily Ramadan fast, City Police Chief Mr.CV Anand  greeted guests and highlighted the prominence of the holy month  which calls to come together to give charitably to the poor.

"It is a time of generosity, reverence, and spiritual introspection." he said.He recited  the bandobsut measures  at Mosques, shopping areas during the month of Ramadan and  commended the support and cooperation of the community to city police.

Citing a recent report on the prowess of Telanagana in rapidly progressing  in several spheres, steep rise in Per Capita Income , he lauded the foresight of State Government and said that it embraces all faiths equally.

Hon’ble Home minister, Shri Mohammed Mahmood Ali , DGP Shri Anjani Kumar  and Hyderabad CP Shri CV Anand broke the fast along with guests and everyone present on the occasion. Apart from senior bureacrauts, politicians,city police officers  2000 people from diverse faiths and backgrounds were part of the iftar reception.

Hanumanshoba yatra went off without a hitch

 Hanuman Shoba Yatra procession concluded  peacefully amid tight police security  on Thursday. After participating in the traditional  prayers held at the originating point -   Ram mandir,Gowliguda - City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand visited the entire procession stretch in the morning.

In addition to the mobile patrols of Task Force and  L&O wings,  the  contingent of heavily-armed police officers stood along the 12.2km procession route. Thousands of boisterous youngsters on two wheelers took part in the main procession ,  which started at  Rammandir, Gowliguda around  12:30 pm, traversed through   Putlibowli X roads, Andhrabank X roads, Kacheguda X roads in 2 hrs. Enroute the teams of plainclothes officers  mixed unobtrusively.

CP CV Anand  monitored the situation through the visuals broadcast by the drones and CCTVs along the multiple routes in the joint command control center  where senior officials of RTC, R&B, GHMC, EMRI, Fire, Electricity departments were present. 

Enroute 171 tributary processions originated from different parts of City limits , 50 processions from Cyberabad and Rachakonda commissionerates converged in the main procession at different intersections manned by large posse of police force. Hampered by the persistent drizzle, all processions moved at sluggish pace for 2-3 hrs and regained  momentum towards the dusk. Nevertheless, the Traffic Police peered the volumes and ensured smooth flow of traffic through out the day, a challenging task on a working day.

Finally one long  procession culminated at Hanuman Temple, Tadbund .

“In view of the disturbances all over the country , the City Police  mined its data, last year experiences, current happenings  for all the intelligence it can glean.” Said Mr.Anand..

 “I am thankful to the general public, organisers.” he added.

Coordination meeting held ahead of Hanuman Jayanthi

 Acknowledging the importance of opinions of the various stakeholders,the  City Police Commisisoner Mr.CV conducted the inter-department coordination meeting  in the lead-up- to the Hanuman Jayanthi procession to be held on April 6th. 

Senior officers from  EMRI, GHMC, Cantonment, R&B, Fire Department, and TSRTC,  liaising officers from Rachakonda and Cyberabad police commissionerates, and the representatives of Bajrangdal, VHP attended the meeting to discuss coordination and security arrangements for the upcoming procession.

During the meeting, the City Police Chief urged organizers to identify troublemakers at the origin points, keep a count of total participants, and inform the police. In light of recent events, he emphasized the need for youngsters and participants to exercise self-restraint during the procession and while returning. He stressed following the designated procession routes, diversions, and timings to avoid inconvenience to the general public, as it is a working day. "Given the dynamic nature of the processions and with multiple tributary processions entering city limits from neighbouring commissionerates, we must coordinate and act responsibly," he said.

The office bearers of the VHP and Bajrang Dal Shivaramulu, Surender Reddy etc spoke about the need to coordinate fully for a peaceful procession 

The Additional Commissioner of Traffic requested GHMC officials to clear the carriage way at the ongoing flyover project site at RTC X road. Senior officials from various departments confirmed that necessary preparations, such as tree pruning, debris clearing, barricading, illumination, and fixing low-hanging wires, were underway to ensure a smooth procession.

CP Anand, along with the organizers and officials from other departments, later inspected the 12 km procession route, which covers Rammandir (Gowliguda), Puthlibowli, YMCA, RTC X road, Bible House, and Hanuman Temple, Tadbund. During the joint route inspection, he gave key instructions to organizers and police officials to avoid stoppages on the day of the procession. 

Sri.Vikram Singh Mann, IPS Addl.CP L&O, Sri.G.Sudheer Babu IPS Addl.CP. Traffic, Sri.M.Srinivasulu IPS Jt.CP CAR Hqrs, Sri.P.Vshwa Prasad IPS Jt.CP Special Branch, Sri.Shivaram State President Bajrangdal, Sri.Surender Reddy VHP State President,  all DCsP of Hyderabad, Officials of Rachakonda, Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, GHMC, Cantonment, Electricity were attended the meeting and accompanied the Police Commissioner during the route inspection.

Sriramnavami Processions passed on peacefully

 Meticulous planning, supervision by senior officers of HCP and  coordination with other departments the perfect execution of commands by  the field personnel ensured that the Sri Ramanavami Shoba Yatra  procession ended on a peaceful note here on Thursday.

Thanks to the technology which helped in live  monitoring the procession, crowd movement and traffic flow.City police commissioner Mr.CV Anand paid a field visit to the entire procession stretch in the morning and encouraged the utsav committee to start their procession early which it finally did at 1345 hours . The Anand Singh and MLA Raja Singh processions followed and weaved their way through the the Mangalhat , Begum Bazaar Chhatri, Siddiambar Bazaar, Gowliguda , Koti areas and finally reached the Hanuman vyamshala amidst huge and boisterous crowds .

All the events were watched closely from the the joint command control center in Basheer Bagh where in officials of RTC, R&B, GHMC, EMRI, Fire, Electricity were present.

CV Anand monitored the live drone footage, CCTV feeds and radio communications and gave timely instructions to the field officers. Senior officers descended to field and ensured that the procession moved on.

Around thousands of police persons were deployed for Bando bust in sensitive areas.  

“The procession was completed peacefully with the cooperation of organisers, other govt departments ,devotees and general public.” Said CP Anand.  

Community CCTVs inaugurated in Central Zone

 The Community CCTV projects & self-driven interest amongst general public to install CCTVs, which suffered setback due to economic crisis during the pandemic hit years, are now revived in the city with renewed vigour with the inauguration of new CCTVs in central zone limits here on Wednesday.

In an event organised by the central Zone at Thyagarayagana Sabha, City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand attended as the chief guest and inaugurated 77 CCTV cameras amid the thunderous applause from residents, generous donors and public representatives. The cost of the project was around 25 Lakhs and the contribution was made by 9 good Samaritans as part of the community CCTV project. The 77 cameras were installed at 34 different locations in Chikkadpally, Musheerabad & Gandhinagar limits covering crime prone areas and other vital junctions.

 

Addressing the gathering, the city police chief attributed the dip in crime rate, improved women safety  and detection of property cases to the improved electronic surveillance in Hyderabad. He said the Government had the foresight in  according top priority in  allocating resources to the police department & setting up a world class command control center, which is now at the verge of integrating 10 Lakh camera feeds, police commissioner said that  peace, sound Law & order -served as the fulcrum & set a strong base which made the city & state to excel in economic development and in all spheres.

Mentioning the Telangana Public Safety Act, he apprised the attendees about the importance of CCTVs not just in crime controlling but also in other social, economic aspects and appealed to restart fixing cameras in their premises like a movement.

 “Efforts are underway to fix the defunct cameras through D-CAMO. ” he added.

“Right from setting up the first ever live transmission CCTV in 2002 in Necklaceroad  to executing numerous CCTV projects post formation of Telangana to reviving CCTV projects & establishing D-CAMO, our unit leader has designed & developed numerous CCTVs networks.” Said the central zone police while proposing vote of thanks.

CP Anand appreciated the efforts of the central zone police and felicitated the donors.Each one of them were complimented with a memento and appreciation certificate. A 10 minute documentary “On the importance of CCTVs and real-world incidents.” was screened on the occasion. 

Sri. Muta Gopal MLA Musheerabad Constituency ,Sri.M.Venkateswarlu DCP Central Zone, Sri.A.Ramana Reddy Addl.DCP  CZ, Sri.A.Yadagiri ACP  Chikkadpally, Sri.K.Poorna chander ACP Abids,  Sri.R.Sanjay Kumar ACP Saifabad and all Inspectors and SIs  staff were present.