Overview
- Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay presided over a ceremonial parade in Chennai and presented state and national medals to personnel from police, fire and allied departments, with The Hindu reporting 633 recipients across award categories.
- Honours were paid to the Tamil Nadu Police’s President’s Colour, the force’s highest award which coverage reported as marking the first time a South India police force received that distinction.
- The ceremony formally commissioned 42 Mahindra Thar Roxx four-wheelers and 96 Honda Unicorn two-wheelers for the Tamil Nadu Coastal Security Group to strengthen surveillance, patrolling and emergency response along 1,076 km of coastline.
- Organisers staged live operational demonstrations including a Quick Reaction Team hostage-rescue and counter-terror mock drill, an arms drill, a police dog-squad display and a motorcycle stunt team to showcase readiness and specialised skills.
- The parade included multiple units such as the Commando Force, Singappen all-women task force, Mounted Police and Fire and Rescue Services, and officials framed the event as both ceremonial recognition and a concrete upgrade to coastal security capability.