Chennai, Jan 14 (UNI) More than 16,000 police personnel and 1,500 Home Guards
would be deployed on security duty in this megapolis ahead of “Kaanum Pongal”
(sight seeing) on January 17, marking the culmination of the four-day Pongal
festivities in Tamil Nadu.
As per the instructions of Chennai City Police Commissioner A Arun apart from
physical deployment of police personnel in uniform and in plain clothes, various
other measures are put in place to ensure that tight vigil was maintained in all
places, including at the famous Marina beach, where hundreds and thousands
of people from various parts of the State, were expected to congregate.
About 16,000 police personnel drawn from State police, city Police and Home
Guards would be on security duty on that day.
Police personnel would be manning the entire stretch of Kamarajar Salai on the
Marina beach where a large number of people were expected to visit the MGR,
Jayalalithaa, Anna and Karunanidhi memorials.
Police sources said all terrain vehicles would also be deployed at Marina and at
Besant Nagar Elliots Beach to patrol the beach front.
Over 16,000 police personnel, 1,500 Home Guards deployed for ‘Kaanum Pongal’ security
