325 official New Year bashes to welcome 2016 in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: 325 official New Year bashes have been planned to welcome 2016 in Hyderabad. Besides DJs, star hotels are wooing the revelers with ghazal nights, themed-parties and carnivals.

The party goers are spending anywhere between Rs.4, 000 person to Rs.30, 000 per couple for parties at star hotels. The affluent lot is headed for Taj Falaknuma Palace for the Sufi night with Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The hotel has packages ranging from Rs.12, 500 per couple to Rs.7, 50,000.

While the live bands had more takers last year, several star hotels have booked international DJs this time around.

In addition to that, a lot of people are spending the New Year in Triupati, Srisailam, which has made life difficult for people looking for long distance cabs.

Meanwhile the city police are also gearing up to nab drunk driving and limit road revelry. As many as 8,000 policemen including several senior police officials will be deployed for night patrolling on the occasion of New Year. Special teams have been formed to check drunken driving between 10 pm and 3 am.