Every year, lakhs of devotees from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka throng Vijayawada for the prestigious festival. On Sunday, CP Rajasekhara Babu convened a meeting with bandobast officers and staff at the Tummalapalli Kalakshetram. “General devotees should be given top priority, and every staff member must ensure that queues move smoothly without incidents,” he said. VMC Commissioner HM Dhyanachandra informed that nearly 10,000 staff will be deployed for festival duties. DCPs KVG Saritha, Tirumaleswara Reddy, Udaya Rani, SVD Prasad, Sai Prasad, Anand Reddy, Udaya Bhaskar, ADCPs G Ramakrishna, K Koteswara Rao, ACPs, Inspectors, and SIs also participated in the meeting.