A contingent of 25,000 police personnel will be deployed there until the Republic Day parade is conducted along Kamarajar Road. The Republic Day rehearsal scheduled for January 19, 21 and 24 on Kamarajar Road was not carried out until Wednesday as agitators gathered on the road. Overnight, the authorities swung into action to spruce up Kamarajar Road and make it parade-ready. These diversions will be suspended and normalcy will return by 11 a.m. on Thursday after the Republic Day celebration. On the eve of Republic Day, the entire coastal stretch came under the police radar.

Source: The Hindu January 25, 2017 20:15 UTC