What Is Telangana Formation Day? Here’s Everything You Need To Know Along With Traffic Advisory Issued For Friday In Hyderabad

Telangana is celebrating its state formation day on June 2. Keeping the grand celebrations in mind, a full dress rehearsal is taking place in Hyderabad today. Seeing how this could affect the traffic situation in the city, the Hyderabad Traffic Police has issued an advisory for today. Read on to learn more about the Telangana Formation Day and the traffic advisory.

Hyderabad Traffic Police Issues Advisory For Today

The Hyderabad Traffic Police imposed several restrictions and issued a traffic advisory for Telangana State Day rehearsals in the city on Friday. These advisories are for different parts of the city that might be affected by the rehearsals. The city traffic police took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce this advisory.

There was a traffic diversion this morning at Parade Grounds Secunderabad. This evening, traffic will not be allowed on the upper Tank Bund between 7 PM to 9 PM. Vehicles coming from Ranigunj and RP Road will be diverted at Karbala junction towards Bible House, Kavadiguda, and Lower Tank Bund At Old Ambedkar Statue. Likewise, traffic arriving from Iqbal Minar and Liberty intending to go towards Upper Tank Bund is advised to take the Telugu Talli flyover towards Lower Tank Bund, Kavadiguda, Bible House, and Karbala Junction.

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What Is Telangana Formation Day? Here’s Everything You Need To Know

On June 2, 2014, by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014, Telangana was officially declared the 29th state of India. Since then, this day has been celebrated as Telangana Formation Day or simply, Telangana Day. The day is celebrated in full gusto with parades and performances. In fact, celebrations are held in all 33 districts of the state on this day.

An independent state earlier, Telangana was merged with Andhra Pradesh in 1956. After years of the Telangana movement, this new state was born out of Andhra Pradesh and received the assent of the President of India in March 2014. With Hyderabad as its capital, Telangana is now the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India.

If you’re planning to head to any of the above-mentioned areas today, do check for updates before planning your travel.

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