Dhaka, March 17 -- Traffic pressure has increased on the Cumilla stretch of the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway as people begin heading home for Eid, slowing vehicular movement in several areas though severe gridlock has yet to form.

Highway Police have deployed 80 Rover Scout members alongside regular personnel to help keep the 104km Cumilla section of the highway free of congestion.

The volunteers will work at eight points in the district to help ease disorder on the road and assist homebound passengers.

On Tuesday afternoon, Cumilla Highway Police Superintendent Shahinur Alam Khan distributed safety gear and jackets to the Rover Scout members at the Moynamoti Highway Crossing Police Station compound.

He later met the volunteers in the Amt...