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Majority of these idols will be immersed in Hussain Sagar.The main procession began from Balapur with the traditional auction of 'laddu'. Majority of the idols will be immersed on Sunday.Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has deployed 10,000 sanitation workers across the twin cities. After covering the four-km distance, the idol reached Hussain Sagar by afternoon.During the previous years, the tallest idol used to be the last to begin its journey for immersion and the process used to stretch on to the next day. The 57-feet-tall Ganesh installed at Khairatabad was carried on a trailer truck. According to GHMC commissioner M.
Dana Kishore, one action teams was deployed every 3 km along 370 km procession route (all processions from different points).Two teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, 38 fire tenders, 12 boats and 10 swimmers were deployed to deal with any emergency situation..