Security in Hyderabad is high for the December 10 Telangana agitation, when all groups supporting the cause have called a "Chalo Assembly" bandh. There are growing fears that the march to the Andhra Assembly will lead to violence on the streets.

Armed reserve police have been summoned from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to work with local policemen and security forces 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.