The entire city police personnel will be on alert on Saturday for the Hanuman Jayanti ‘Shobha Yatra’ to be taken out by a few organisations. ‘Stand to’ orders have been issued by the Police Commissioner, M. Mahender Reddy, effectively ensuring that every policeman will be on duty.

The entire 11.2 km procession which is to start from the Ram Mandir in Gowliguda and end at the Hanuman Temple in Tadbun -- from morning to dusk -- will be continuously monitored by the police and for this purpose surveillance cameras will be pressed into service to cover every 200 yards of it.

Along with the main procession, the police are expecting more than half a dozen other smaller processions to be taken out from different locations. These processions which will join the main one will also be under police watch, said senior officials, declining to be identified.

Other than the 8,000-odd city police force, the assistance of 10,000 other personnel, including Home Guards, are being requisitioned to provide security and prevent any untoward incident during the procession which is likely to go on for at least six hours.

The police have also decided to take up quite a few diversions of vehicular traffic throughout the procession route “based on necessity” and when it approaches a particular junction during the day.

Procession route

Ram Mandir, Gowliguda – Koti – Kachiguda – Narayanguda junction – RTC crossroads – Ashok Nagar- Kavadiguda – Bata crossroads – Ramgopalpet PS – MG road – Paradise – Balamrai – Tadbun crossroads – Bowenpally –– Central point Diamond Point – Tadbun Hanuman temple . Traffic will not be allowed from RTC crossroads towards Musheerabad crossroads and will be diverted. The procession is expected to start by 10 a.m. and end by 5 p.m.