High security for December 10 Telangana agitation

Hyderabad: Security in Hyderabad is high for the December 10 Telangana agitation,when all groupssupporting the cause have called a "Chalo Assembly" bandh. There aregrowing fears that the march to the Andhra Assembly will leadto violence on the streets.

Armed reserve police have been summonedfrom Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to work with local policemen and securityforces to prevent protesters from entering Hyderabad. The government will deploy 140 paramilitary platoons, 66 tear gas squads and 9000 civil policemen on December 10, in anticipation of the unrest.