Police patrol on bicycles, a practice adopted ages ago, has been revived on a pilot basis by the Siva Kanchi police station in Kancheepuram district.
Four bicycles fitted with battery-operated sirens and flash lights were handed over to the station for use by those deputed for night rounds in the Siva Kanchi police station limits.
The public security exercise would be extended to other towns in the district based on the outcome of this exercise, said Superintendent of Police Santosh Hadimoni. In rural pockets, night patrolling by two-wheelers would be the wise option, he added.
Meanwhile, flash lights were installed on either sides of junctions or accident-prone points on highways by the district police to warn motorists.
The flash lights would be installed for a distance of about 125-150m on both the sides so that speeding vehicles can slow down and cross the accident-prone point, official sources said.
One such warning system was installed at Ponnerikarai junction on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway.
