Security tightened for Pongal celebrations in southern districts

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Police unit   deployed adjacent   Swami Nellayappar Temple successful  Tirunelveli connected  Wednesday.

Police unit deployed adjacent Swami Nellayappar Temple successful Tirunelveli connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN

The constabulary person geared up to guarantee Pongal peaceful celebrations by deploying much fig of constabulary unit successful the places wherever the radical stitchery successful ample fig successful the 4 confederate districts and intensifying patrolling.

As the three-day-long Pongal celebrations would beryllium truthful vibrant successful the confederate districts of Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari each year, policing during this clip would beryllium truly pugnacious successful these highly volatile districts. Apart from the constabulary unit attached to the constabulary stations, the equipped reserve policemen person besides been roped successful to beef-up information arrangements.

Since agrarian sports would beryllium organised enthusiastically successful astir each colony of the confederate districts arsenic portion of Pongal celebrations and had triggered insignificant altercations successful the past successful a fewer places, deployment of constabulary adjacent successful tiny numbers successful the hamlets would efficaciously avert specified disturbances. Hence, Superintendents of Police of Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts, connected acquisition from Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Range, P. Saravanan, person ensured disposable policing successful troublesome villages.

In Kanniyakumari district, Superintendent of Police R. Stalin has retained the check-posts created connected important stretches during Christmas and New Year wherever constabulary unit with breathalysers person been deployed to cheque drunken driving. Police would beryllium deployed successful capable fig successful the planetary tourer destination of Kanniyakumari, peculiarly on the beach, and successful the dams to guarantee the information of the visitors.

Superintendent of Police, Thoothukudi, N. Silambarasan has instructed the constabulary to avert rash driving of bikes without helmet and different postulation regularisation violations which often pb to fatal accidents during Pongal. Moreover, the constabulary stations situated adjacent to the Tamirabharani watercourse and the beaches person been instructed to guarantee owed information arrangements to avert incidents similar drowning.

“We’ve already cracked whip against the postulation regularisation violators by registering cases,” said an serviceman attached to the Traffic Wing.

As these 4 districts person been blessed with bully fig of picnic spots which would get swarmed by the tourists during Pongal holidays, peculiarly connected ‘kari naal’, the adjacent time aft Pongal, owed information plans person been drawn for these places that see dams, beaches, Tamirabharani watercourse etc.

Superintendents of Police G.S. Madhavan of Tenkasi and V. Prasannakumar of Tirunelveli person asked the subordinates to way the notorious criminals successful their jurisdiction adjacent portion ensuring instrumentality and order.

“Small teams, each led by a Sub-Inspector, person already been deployed successful each constabulary presumption limits since New Year to way the criminals, which is reinforced during Pongal. We’ve already flushed retired astir of the notorious criminals retired of the boundaries of Tenkasi territory arsenic we privation to guarantee peaceful celebrations here,” said Mr. Madhavan.

Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, N. Manivannan, who has already served successful Tirunelveli territory arsenic Deputy Commissioner of Police, and Superintendent of Police, Tirunelveli, has personally drawn the ‘security plan’ for the metropolis with 600 constabulary personnel.

“The deployment of constabulary unit arsenic per this program started connected Wednesday which volition beryllium ensured till Sunday,” said Mr. Manivannan.

Published - January 14, 2026 07:33 p.m. IST

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