Heavy security, webcasting, border checks in place for Telangana Municipal Elections-2026

Extensive security and webcasting measures are implemented for Telangana's 2026 Municipal Elections

The Telangana Police have put in place extensive security arrangements ahead of the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections-2026 scheduled to be held on Wednesday (February 11, 2026), covering seven municipal corporations and 116 municipalities across the State.

Director General of Police, B. Shivadhar Reddy, said on Tuesday (February 10, 2026) that elaborate bandobust arrangements were made for a total of 8,203 polling stations, of which 1,302 were classified as hyper-sensitive, 1,926 as sensitive and 4,975 as normal. To ensure smooth conduct of the polling, more than 3,000 additional personnel drawn from the Telangana State Police, Forest, Excise, CID, Legal Metrology and other departments were deployed.

The Model Code of Conduct has been in force across all police commissionerates and districts, except Hyderabad, since January 27, 2026. As part of preventive measures, 1,183 licence arms were deposited, 4,318 persons were bound over for good behaviour and 398 non-bailable warrants were executed or recalled, the official informed.

Border surveillance too was intensified. A total of 20 interstate border check posts were established along Telangana’s borders with four States, while 18 interstate border-sharing units were identified at the Wanaparthy border. Of these, check posts on the Telangana side are operational along the Maharashtra border at five locations, Karnataka at five locations, Andhra Pradesh at eight locations and Chhattisgarh at two locations.

Additionally, 55 inter-district and intra-district border check posts were set up, supported by 181 Flying Squads and 167 Static Surveillance Teams working on the ground.

The police said focused training programmes on the effective implementation of the Model Code of Conduct were conducted at the Station House Officer, circle, division and unit levels across the State.