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From welding enactment connected elephantine metallic barricades to constabulary teams checking rooftops overlooking the venue, preparations continued precocious into Thursday (May 7, 2026) nighttime astatine the sprawling Parade Ground successful Secunderabad up of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nationalist gathering and ‘Chalo Parade Ground’ rally scheduled for Sunday (May 10, 2026).
With an estimated assemblage of astir 70,000 radical expected to converge successful the bosom of Hyderabad and astir 2,000 buses acceptable to ferry supporters from crossed Telangana, the metropolis constabulary person mounted an extended information and postulation cognition astir the venue, the Begumpet airdrome way and adjoining stretches.
Workers could beryllium seen racing against clip astatine the Parade Ground done the day, mounting up tents, fixing lighting systems and preparing galleries for attendees, portion constabulary officers supervised the layout of introduction points, parking zones and surveillance arrangements. Senior officials said astir 80 to 90% of the preparations, including the stage, seating for 80,000 radical and galleries for radical to stand, would beryllium completed by Friday night.
“Special teams including anti-sabotage teams, sniper teams, weaponry disposal squads and canine squads volition beryllium deployed for the bandobast. Around 2,000 constabulary unit crossed each ranks volition beryllium progressive successful the information arrangements,” said Begumpet ACP P. Gopala Krishna Murthy.
The constabulary person established a impermanent bid and power centre wrong the Parade Ground, with surveillance being carried retired done astir 150 CCTV cameras covering the venue, gates, surrounding roads and adjacent Metro stations.
Police officials said portions of Hyderabad Metro stations and different elevated structures overlooking the Parade Ground whitethorn beryllium screened disconnected oregon covered to forestall radical from viewing the lawsuit done binoculars oregon different devices from above.
Security deployment has intensified adjacent earlier the Prime Minister’s arrival, with patrolling teams, check-posts and pickets stationed crossed cardinal junctions successful Secunderabad and Begumpet.
The Prime Minister is expected to get astatine Begumpet airdrome connected Sunday greeting earlier proceeding to programmes successful Hitec City. He is aboriginal scheduled to instrumentality to Begumpet airdrome successful the evening and permission for the Parade Ground astir 5.40 p.m., reaching the venue by 6 p.m.
To negociate the expected influx, the postulation constabulary person identified 10 large parking locations, including Bison Polo Grounds and Wesley Grounds, wherever buses carrying supporters from assorted districts volition beryllium stationed.
“We are expecting astir 60,000 to 70,000 radical astatine the venue and astir 2,000 buses. Four peculiar trains person besides been arranged, truthful a ample fig of radical volition beryllium moving from Secunderabad railway presumption towards the Parade Ground,” said Malkajgiri DCP (Traffic-I) Rahul Reddy.
QR codes volition beryllium installed on attack routes truthful that visitors arriving from antithetic districts tin rapidly place their designated parking areas. Separate alighting points person besides been planned adjacent to the venue to minimise walking distances for attendees successful the summertime heat.
“Because of the heat, we person specifically planned driblet points truthful radical bash not person to locomotion agelong distances,” the DCP said.
Nearly 500 postulation unit volition beryllium deployed exclusively for postulation regularisation and assemblage question astir the event. While impermanent diversions are expected during the Prime Minister’s question betwixt Begumpet airdrome and the Parade Ground, constabulary officials maintained that large arterial roads would stay functional.
The constabulary are besides experimenting with a dedicated exigency conveyance corridor on parts of the route. A trial tally volition beryllium carried retired connected Thursday day for the Telangana Chief Minister’s convoy. Barricades, ropes and postulation cones volition beryllium utilized to carve retired a segregated lane from Begumpet Airport till the Lifestyle store successful Begumpet to guarantee uninterrupted question for exigency services and VIP convoys portion allowing regular postulation to proceed moving.
“If this works successfully, different commissionerates whitethorn besides replicate the exemplary during aboriginal large-scale events,” the serviceman said.
Police officials besides indicated that Metro Rail timings and operations adjacent the venue could beryllium adjusted connected Sunday evening depending connected assemblage question and information requirements. The constabulary are besides exploring support to deploy drones for controlled aerial surveillance, adjacent though airspace restrictions are typically enforced during specified high-security events.
