To resolve traffic problems in the city, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) has decided to implement an Integrated Traffic Management System at an investment of Rs 8 crore and to install 100 CCTV cameras at strategic points.
As part of the programme, 40 more traffic Constables have been deployed on duty. With this, the number of traffic Constables increased to 97 and a total of 140 personnel would be deployed for traffic management in the city, said SP Pinak Mishra at a Press meet here on Friday.
The SP further informed that five to six traffic posts would be set up in the city for which locations have already been identified. With this the number of traffic posts would be increased to 14, he said.
Mishra advised newly appointed Constables to work with dedications.
Among others, Additional SPs PK Satapathy and Pravat Routray, SDPO Bishnuprasad Pati, DSP JK Patnaik, Traffic DSP Sarthak Ray and traffic IIC Sunil Behera were present.