Nizamabad: Arrangements made for Dasara celebrations in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts.
Special arrangements were made in several temples, expecting a huge crowd of devotees on the auspicious day.
The Dasara festival will be conducted on October 20, and people have almost completed arrangements for the festival.
For the festival celebration, liquor and meat sales will reach the peak stage in both the districts.
Wine shops and restaurants make liquor available.
Interestingly, in the shandy market in Navipet, sales of sheep and goats reached around Rs 7 crores.
Every Saturday, Navipet shandy will be conducted, and in view of Dasara festival, around 12,000 sheep and goats are sold out.
The consumers, traders and purchasers from Hyderabad, undivided Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, and Medak districts, and neighbouring Maharashtra state arrived in Navipet in Nizamabad district for Dasara festival needs.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, B. Mohan, meat shop owner, said that a 10 kg weight goat price touched `16,000 in view of Dasara demand.
‘We are hopeful that people will purchase meat in large quantities during the festival’, he said.
Meanwhile, readymade cloth shops and saree centres witnessed huge crowds on the occasion.
People from rural and urban areas rushed to the shops to purchase festival materials.
Interestingly, the families who settled elsewhere in the country are reaching their native places to celebrate Dasara festival.
Trains, TGSRTC buses and private vehicles witnessed huge crowds of passengers.
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