Cops lay down guidelines for New Year revelry at hotels
Parties Have To Wrap Up By 1am, Says Directive
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:29.12.2019
Two days ahead of New Year’s eve, the city police have framed guidelines and issued a directive to regulate merrymaking. Commissioner A K Viswanathan has told all police personnel to conduct a district-level meeting with owners of hotels, resorts and all other places where parties are being organised.
As senior officers track the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, there is little time for a meeting. Top brass have instructed their junior officers – joint commissioners of police and deputy commissioners of police – to give permission to New Year parties and programmes only after field officers have conducted a proper scrutiny.
The detailed guidelines which were drafted and followed last year will be implemented this year as well. Police have informed hotel and resort owners that all celebrations and parties have to conclude by 1am. The timings to serve alcohol have also been specified. All those visiting hotels or resorts will have to provide proper identification and their credentials will have to be verified by hotel authorities before letting them in. This should be accompanied by a thorough security check, and hotels can seek assistance of women police personnel.
Police also laid down rules regarding fire safety and asked hoteliers to explain all visitors about how to use emergency exits in case of an emergency. The facilities should also have clear signs directing people to emergency exits. Apart from this, police asked hotels to set up CCTV cameras where parties and other events are planned.
Hotels have been asked to close their swimming pools. Those that cannot do so have been asked to tell security guards to keep visitors away from the pools. No party should be held near a swimming pool and no stages should built over the pool, police said.
The owners of a hotel or a resort should ensure that no guest resorts to drving while drunk after a party. Arrangements should be made to drop drunk guests at their residences. In some cases, security guards can be roped in to escor guests to their residences, police said.
A file photo of merrymakers on Marina beach road. Police have specified guidelines for celebrations on roads and beaches this time
Parties Have To Wrap Up By 1am, Says Directive
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:29.12.2019
Two days ahead of New Year’s eve, the city police have framed guidelines and issued a directive to regulate merrymaking. Commissioner A K Viswanathan has told all police personnel to conduct a district-level meeting with owners of hotels, resorts and all other places where parties are being organised.
As senior officers track the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, there is little time for a meeting. Top brass have instructed their junior officers – joint commissioners of police and deputy commissioners of police – to give permission to New Year parties and programmes only after field officers have conducted a proper scrutiny.
The detailed guidelines which were drafted and followed last year will be implemented this year as well. Police have informed hotel and resort owners that all celebrations and parties have to conclude by 1am. The timings to serve alcohol have also been specified. All those visiting hotels or resorts will have to provide proper identification and their credentials will have to be verified by hotel authorities before letting them in. This should be accompanied by a thorough security check, and hotels can seek assistance of women police personnel.
Police also laid down rules regarding fire safety and asked hoteliers to explain all visitors about how to use emergency exits in case of an emergency. The facilities should also have clear signs directing people to emergency exits. Apart from this, police asked hotels to set up CCTV cameras where parties and other events are planned.
Hotels have been asked to close their swimming pools. Those that cannot do so have been asked to tell security guards to keep visitors away from the pools. No party should be held near a swimming pool and no stages should built over the pool, police said.
The owners of a hotel or a resort should ensure that no guest resorts to drving while drunk after a party. Arrangements should be made to drop drunk guests at their residences. In some cases, security guards can be roped in to escor guests to their residences, police said.
A file photo of merrymakers on Marina beach road. Police have specified guidelines for celebrations on roads and beaches this time
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