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Expecting a ample fig of radical to stitchery astatine Marina Beach and different places to observe Kaanum Pongal, the Greater Chennai Police made elaborate information arrangements by deploying astir 16,000 constabulary unit and astir 1,500 Home Guards crossed the metropolis connected Saturday.
At the Marina, 3 impermanent mini-control rooms were acceptable up betwixt the Labour Statue and the Lighthouse, on with constabulary assistance booths astatine work roadworthy introduction points.
Eight ambulances, 2 occurrence engines, motorboats, and implicit 200 trained swimmers were kept connected standby. Thirteen impermanent surveillance towers, CCTV cameras, mounted patrols, and all-terrain vehicles were deployed to power crowds and forestall crimes.
Barricades were erected and an 85-member anti-drowning squad was deployed on the enactment to forestall radical from entering the sea.
At the Elliot’s Beach, a impermanent power room, surveillance towers, mounted patrols, ambulances, a occurrence engine, swimmers, and motorboats were arranged.
To rapidly hint missing children, constabulary issued wrist ID bands carrying the child’s and parents’ details astatine assistance booths. Eight drone cameras provided aerial surveillance astatine Marina and Besant Nagar beaches, with information messages broadcast to the public.
Security was besides stepped up astatine Guindy Children’s Park, Island Grounds, Semmozhi Poonga, amusement parks, malls and multiplexes. Traffic was affected connected Walajah Road, Shastri Nagar and different adjoining roads due to the fact that of the ample gathering out at beaches successful the afternoon.
The Greater Chennai Traffic Police (GCTP) had effected postulation diversions astir Kamarajar Salai. Vehicles coming towards Kamarajar roadworthy were diverted.
Parking arrangements were made by the GCTP astatine Foreshore Road, Madras University, Swami Sivananda Salai, and respective different places.
