Over 16,000 police personnel, 1,500 Home Guards deployed for ‘Kaanum Pongal’ security

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.