most notably the 'Marina beach', quite some effort is involved in keeping the beach a
safe place for visitors.
Every other day you can read about those who came to have some fun in the sea, but
got washed away by the sea. Mostly these are school kids who come for a few hours of
fun, but which finally ends in a tragedy.
So, the Chennai police try their best to ensure that people do not venture into the sea.
Since the Marina has a long coastline, patrolling it on foot would take a long time. And
I guess the police establishment's budget would not permit fancy beach buggies. Which
must have made the cops think out-of-the-box to come up with a quick way to patrol
the beach, which is not only lighter on the pocket, but also environmentally-friendly.
The cops belonging to the 'Chennai City Mounted Police' patrolling the Marina beach
on horse-back. My son was pretty intrigued by the cops on horses.
We were there last Sunday evening for an hour and snapped the cops on horseback.
They were pretty effective in keeping people from venturing into the sea. Not only
were the horses quick on sand, it did not involve burning of fossil-fuels which means
no pollution. Only drawback I see is a few horse-patties on the powdery beach sand,
which is OK given that it's organic waste.
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