Taking a cue from the Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police, the Brahmapur traffic police has enaged100 students of different colleges to control chaotic traffic in the city from the New Year.
The student volunteers have been engaged under the Traffic Volunteers Scholarship Scheme for only six months and each of them would be given a daily scholarship amount of Rs 100, informed Traffic DSP Nirad Palai.
“As there is shortage of traffic police personnel in the city, we are engaging student volunteers for controlling the traffic,” he said.
The students will assist police personnel in regulating traffic for three hours during their leisure time and after six months the new batch would be selected, he said.
Among others, Sadar SDPO Ashok Mohanty, Traffic IIC Suman Kishan, Town PS IIC Nihar Pradhan, Gosani Nuagoan PS IIC Kulamani Sethi and Big Bazaar PS IIC Suresh Tripathy were present.