As many as 34 college students, 13 girls and 21 boys, joined the district police on Monday to work as traffic volunteers in Puri beginning from the New Year’s Day. The remaining students of a total of 60 would join in a second phase.
The students selected were from the local SCS Autonomous College, Surajamal Saha College, Government Women’s College, Gopabandhu Ayurvedic Medical College and Sadasiva Sanskrut Sansthan.
After permission from their respective Principals, the students underwent the required trainings at the police barrack field.
They are equipped with I-cards, caps, jackets and whistles. Under the Students Traffic Volunteer Social Scheme (STVSC), they would be deployed for crowd management at different crowded crosses. They would work for 16 days a month for three hours a day and get Rs 1,600 as scholarship. Their duties would be to assist the traffic police besides creating awareness about the traffic rules among the vehicle riders. They would be covered under the PM’s social insurance scheme of Rs 1 lakh to Ra 2 lakh each in case of death on duty.
After successful implementation of STVSC in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Brahmapur, Raurkela, Baleswar, Koraput and Sambalpur, the State police are going to launch scheme in the pilgrim city, besides Khordha, Dhenkanal, Angul and Keonjhar towns from January 1.
Central Range IG Saumendra Priayadarshi, Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi, DSP Sasmita Sahu were present on the occasion the induction of the first batch of student traffic volunteers at the Police Line here on Monday.