In view of the Osmania University Students Joint Action Committee (JAC) decision to lay siege to the State Assembly on February 20, the police are making elaborate arrangements to foil the students attempt.
The Assembly will be virtually surrounded by police forces with fool-proof security arrangements to ward off any untoward incident.
With already prohibitory orders in force till Feb 25 the police are conducting thorough checks on rest houses, hotels and lodges to make sure that no unsocial elements take shelter in the city.
The students are planning to stall the Assembly proceedings on February 20, the day when the State Government would present the Budget for 2010- 2011.
Though the JAC had decided to lay siege to the Assembly on February 25 initially, it had advanced the protest as the Assembly might not run till that date in the wake of the ongoing resignations of the legislators.
According to police sources, the roads leading to the Assembly will be blocked and the traffic diverted as per the guidelines of traffic police. The function halls and the public meeting places within a radius of 2 km from the Assembly are advised not to let out their premises on Feb 20 for any public meeting or function.
``We know, it will cause a little inconvenience to the public, but we hope the public will understand the situation and bear with us,’’ the police sources added.