more-inAfter 27 persons drowned in the beaches of the city and its outskirts in 2017, the police are taking various measures to prevent such deaths here. Often huge crowds are seen at the beaches in Neelankarai, Injambakkam, Kovalam and Mamallapuram during weekends and festival holidays. Often, youngsters are seen posing in front of high tides without realising the danger lurking behind, he said. Preventing instances of drowning along the lengthy coastline from Chennai to Mamallapuram has become a challenge for the police, say beach-goers. “This has to be extended to the other beaches,” a police officer said.

Source: The Hindu January 22, 2018 19:40 UTC