With the Madras Super Kings set to play their initial match at the MA Chidambaram arena, their home arena, on Tuesday, town police ar exploit no stone unturned to make sure that no untoward incident ensue because of tensions stemming from the Cauvery dispute.
According to a senior town peace officer, at least 4,000 police personnel are on duty in and around Chepauk to stay a watch on things.
Apart from the match venue, significant security has been deployed in hotels on Chamiers Road and Ethiraj incense tree, wherever the 2 groups — Madras Super Kings and metropolis Knight Riders — ar staying.
A police handout aforementioned that excluding the extra Commissioner of Police, South, and his 2 joint commissioners, as several as thirteen deputy commissioners, seven extra deputy commissioners, twenty nine assistant commissioners and one hundred inspectors are a part of the 3-tier security system. A commando team and a fast response team are additionally deployed to form positive that the match is conducted in an exceedingly peaceful manner. Traffic-related problems are handled by the extra Commissioner of Police, Traffic, and his team, the handout added .
As of now, there aren't any traffic restrictions.
After native political parties issued threats, the Madras police issued conditions to fans United Nations agency are within the arena to observe the match on Monday. Banners and flags ar prohibited within the arena, and spectators are requested to not bring luggage, jholas, mobile phones, briefcases, pagers, radios, digital diaries, laptops, computers, tape-recorders, binoculars, device devices, device car-keys or the other electronic devices, musical instruments, video cameras and digital cameras.
Political teams in province have demanded that Madras shouldn't host any IPL matches in commonality with the continued agitation for the formation of the Cauvery stream Management Board. On Sunday, actor turned politician Rajinikanth aforementioned that CSK player ought to wear a black badge to indicate their support for the cause.