<p>Chennai police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal on Saturday warned strict action against those violating the timings fixed for bursting crackers during Deepavali festival.</p>.<p>The Commissioner, who reviewed security arrangements in place for festive shopping in the arterial T Nagar area, particularly in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, claimed there was "good awareness" among the members of the public on government rules regarding bursting firing crackers during Deepavali.</p>.<p>"Nevertheless, the police will take stringent action as per the law if there are any violations," he told reporters here.</p>.<p>The Tamil Nadu government had for the second year in a row in 2019 fixed time slots for bursting crackers during Deepavali, in line with the Supreme Court order.</p>.<p>As per the state government's directions, residents could burst crackers between 6 and 7 AM and again from 7 to 8 PM.</p>.<p>The festival falls on November 14 this year.</p>.<p>Mahesh Kumar who directed the police to ensure a crime-free Deepavali shopping and accident-free celebrations informed that 100 CCTV cameras have additionally been installed in shopping areas in Mambalam and Pondy Bazaar in T Nagar, to effectively monitor the movement of the crowd and take appropriate action in case of any suspicious movement.</p>.<p>About 500 police personnel would additionally be deployed to manage the crowd during weekends and 10 beat constables equipped with smart jackets with body cameras, would be deployed for round-the-clock patrolling in 15 sectors.</p>.<p>Police watchtowers at vantage points, apart, mini- control rooms and police assistance booths have been established.</p>.<p>Similar security arrangements would be in place for the shopping areas in other parts of the city.</p>.<p>The police have deployed drones and installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras with face-recognition software.</p>
<p>Chennai police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal on Saturday warned strict action against those violating the timings fixed for bursting crackers during Deepavali festival.</p>.<p>The Commissioner, who reviewed security arrangements in place for festive shopping in the arterial T Nagar area, particularly in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, claimed there was "good awareness" among the members of the public on government rules regarding bursting firing crackers during Deepavali.</p>.<p>"Nevertheless, the police will take stringent action as per the law if there are any violations," he told reporters here.</p>.<p>The Tamil Nadu government had for the second year in a row in 2019 fixed time slots for bursting crackers during Deepavali, in line with the Supreme Court order.</p>.<p>As per the state government's directions, residents could burst crackers between 6 and 7 AM and again from 7 to 8 PM.</p>.<p>The festival falls on November 14 this year.</p>.<p>Mahesh Kumar who directed the police to ensure a crime-free Deepavali shopping and accident-free celebrations informed that 100 CCTV cameras have additionally been installed in shopping areas in Mambalam and Pondy Bazaar in T Nagar, to effectively monitor the movement of the crowd and take appropriate action in case of any suspicious movement.</p>.<p>About 500 police personnel would additionally be deployed to manage the crowd during weekends and 10 beat constables equipped with smart jackets with body cameras, would be deployed for round-the-clock patrolling in 15 sectors.</p>.<p>Police watchtowers at vantage points, apart, mini- control rooms and police assistance booths have been established.</p>.<p>Similar security arrangements would be in place for the shopping areas in other parts of the city.</p>.<p>The police have deployed drones and installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras with face-recognition software.</p>