Bathukamma to be Celebrated At People’s Plaza On Sept 30
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Bathukamma to be Celebrated At People’s Plaza On Sept 30
Hyderabad: Bathukamma will be celebrated on a grand scale at People’s Plaza, PV Narasimha Rao Marg, on September 30 and MLC K Kavitha was invited for it by Mayor G Vijaya Laxmi and Deputy Mayor Mothe Srilatha Shoban Reddy.
Meanwhile, the distribution of Bathukamma sarees is underway in GHMC limits and Secunderabad Cantonment Board jurisdiction with a total of 2.6 lakh sarees already distributed to beneficiary women.
Around 17 lakh sarees are to be distributed in GHMC and SCB jurisdictions and over 8.83 lakh sarees have been received to date. The remaining sarees will also be distributed before October 3, said GHMC in a press release.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.