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CHENNAI: The city police will tag the children coming to Marina Beach on Kaanum Pongal on Thursday, as part of crowd management. Elliot’s beach will have a similar arrangement.Last year during this time, there were about 1.50 lakh people visiting the Marina beach. Police personnel have set up temporary towers and bamboo barricades to prevent eager visitors from getting into the water. As many as 20,000 police personnel will be deployed in the city and drones will be used to manage the crowd. Temporary control centres have been set up near the Gandhi statue, the Kannagi statue and near MGR memorial to rescue stranded children..