16 June, Kathmandu. The police have started recruiting those who have been arrested for violating traffic rules as volunteers in traffic management.
SSP Jeevan Shrestha told Online Khabar that the Valley Traffic Police Office has started serving as traffic volunteers for one hour from Wednesday.
“According to the instructions received from the Ministry of Home Affairs, we have implemented it from today. They will manage the traffic on the road from 9 am to 5 pm,” Shrestha said.
On Wednesday alone, 604 people managed traffic as volunteers at various intersections in the valley. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Ravi Lamichhane wrote a status on Facebook on Tuesday and announced that women traffic police should not work for four days during menstruation. Instead, Mapase and others Those caught in action will be assigned as traffic volunteers He said.
‘We have sent those who came to take the awareness class to the streets’, SSP Shrestha of the Valley Traffic Police Division said, ‘After taking the awareness class for some time in the office, they were wearing fluorescent jackets.’
Shrestha says that there will be one trained traffic policeman with each group. “They now stand on the road and look after their own safety and help the traffic police,” he added.
In the valley, 1800 traffic police are engaged in road management. According to the data of the Valley Traffic Police Office, there are at least 300 female police officers among them.
According to traffic police data, now at least 3 thousand drivers are under traffic police action every day. According to the traffic police officers, there are 600 people who have to take awareness class every day.
