As many as 54 girls have successfully completed a self-defence programme conducted here at the Kalinga Stadium as part of the Odisha Youth Policy, 2013.
The city-based Utkal Karate School was assigned to train self-defence art to nearly 550 girls of different colleges across the State. The training was stared on July 15 and will continue till October 24. The training will be imparted in 11 phases and each phase will have 50 students.The 54 pass out students would impart skills to their nearby school and college students in their locality, sources said.