The training of 100 students under the traffic student volunteer scheme has been completed; and from Tuesday, they were engaged formally at some traffic posts in the city.
Among the student volunteers, 59 are boys and 41 girls. Police have provided them with T-shirts and caps.
The volunteers were deployed at the busy intersections of Annapurna Market, Big Bazaar, PVN Rao Square, Tata Benz Square and Gate Bazaar to control the vehicular traffic.
Earlier, in a function at the Traffic police station near the Old Bus Stand Additional SP Trinath Patel distributed identity cards to the volunteers. Traffic DSP Ajay Mishra, Nirad Palie presided over the function. Among others, ASP Santanu Dash, Brahmapur SDPO Pravat Routray, DSP Ajay Mishra, Traffic IIC Suman Kishan and Gosaninuagaon IIC Kulamani Sethi were present.