CSK vs KKR Fuels Cauvery Rage: 4,000 Cops to Guard Chennai Stadium, IPL Chief Meets Home Secretary
Protests are underway in several parts of the state against the central government, which has not adhered to the Supreme Court's recent order which directed the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board.
Chennai, April 10: Ahead of the Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders bout today at the MA Chidambaram stadium here, nearly 4,000 policemen were deployed by the Tamil Nadu government at the stadium's vicinity to prevent unrest.
IPL chief Rajeev Shukla reached out to Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba to discuss the security arrangements in Chennai for the conduct of seven league matches.
"Tamil Nadu government and Chennai police has assured that security will be provided. I met Home Secretary, who spoke to the DGP and gave instructions that full security should be provided to the spectators and players and no untoward incidents should happen ," Shukla said.
A four-tier police cordon is provided at the stadium venue to prevent breakdown of law and order. The Chennai police on Monday released a list of items which will be banned from carrying inside the stadium premises. They include posters, banners, electronic devices and gadgets expect mobile phones.
Spectators wearing black dress or bands will be disallowed to enter the match venue, the police said. Cigarettes, beedis, matchboxes and lighters are also banned from being sold near the stadium.
Over a dozen members of a fringe outfit Tamilzhar Vazhvu Urmayi Katchi were detained by the police after they began staging a demonstration outside the IPL venue earlier in the day.
The political parties, along with a section of Tamil activists have marked their dissent against the conduct of IPL matches amid the ongoing Cauvery water sharing dispute.
Protests are underway in several parts of the state against the central government, which has not adhered to the Supreme Court's recent order which directed the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board to decide on the sharing of river water between the four riparian states - Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry and Kerala.
The Centre, however, submitted an affidavit before the top court seeking three more months to implement its order considering the ongoing assembly elections in Karnataka.
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