AI cams to assist cops in crowd control during T'malai Maha Deepam

THE state police are set to deploy an automated crowd monitoring system, which they termed an "artificial intelligence" based solution, for the first time during the Maha Deepam festival in the Arunachaleswarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai on Wednesday, when lakhs of people are expected to gather.

- NIMISHA S PRADEEP @ Tiruvannamalai

The AI-camera control room set up to monitor crowds at the temple | EXPRESS

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The system follows the Madras High Court's direction to the state government to follow strict crowd management at the temple.

The system, which is from the same Uttar Pradesh-based private agency (Synergy Telematics Private Limited) that deployed a similar system for crowd management during the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj earlier this year, will involve the deployment of 230 CCTV cameras.