Overview

• GHMC announced completed arrangements for citywide immersions, naming 20 lakes and 72 artificial ponds as prepared sites.
• Officials detailed 134 static cranes, 259 mobile cranes, 13 control rooms, nine boats at Hussain Sagar, DRF teams and 200 trained swimmers.
• The corporation said 14,486 sanitation workers are on three shifts and nearly 3,000 tonnes of festival waste have been transported with 125 JCBs and 102 mini-tippers.
• Additional measures include 160 Ganesh Action Teams along a 303.3 km procession route, 56,187 temporary lights, 39 mobile toilets and seven medical camps with ambulances.
• Field reporting from Hyderabad describes unrepaired rain-damaged roads and poor cleanup at immersion sites, contradicting GHMC’s claim of more than 90% pothole repairs and sustained sanitation.