Thousands of police personnel deployed in coastal areas

Thousands of policemen, together with commandos educated in catastrophe operations, have been deployed alongside the coastal areas as heavy rain lashed Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpet, Tiruvallur and Cuddalore districts since Tuesday afternoon.

With meteorological consultants warning that Cyclone Nivar, positioned 450 km southeast of Chennai, was prone to intensify additional right into a extreme cyclonic storm in the subsequent 24 hours, Director-General of Police J.K. Tripathy reviewed the deployment of manpower and infrastructure on the police headquarters.

Mr. Tripathy stated senior police officers had been posted in 12 districts to oversee aid and rescue operations. A flood management room had been opened in the Marutham Complex to watch the influence of the cyclone and transmit alerts to the officers involved.

Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force, the State Disaster Response Force, the Coastal Security Group and the Special Task Force — armed with boats, rescue supplies and public volunteers/divers — had been deployed in coastal districts the place flooding occurred in the previous.

M.S. Jaffar Sait, DGP/Director, Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services, who was tenting in Mahabalipuram with a bunch of commandos, stated Fire and Rescue Service personnel had been patrolling flood-prone areas in the coastal districts and draining out stagnant water. “We are fully geared to meet any eventuality,” he stated.

In Chennai, Commissioner of Police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal stated policemen, educated by the State Disaster Response Force, had been posted in all districts in the town.

Flights couldn’t land at or take off from the Chennai airport for greater than an hour after 3 p.m.

Police sources stated touchdown/take-off commenced shortly earlier than 5 p.m. after the water receded from the runway.