Rath Yatra: Odisha Police to Launch Mobile App for Effective Crowd Control

KEEPING in view the surge of devotees in Puri during Rath Yatra, Odisha Police has planned to introduce a mobile app that will help officers and personnel receive alerts through feed collected from AI-enabled CCTV cameras and drones for effective crowd and traffic management, and response to emergencies.

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Sources said the prototype of the app will be launched on Snana Purnima to check its efficiency. On receiving the feed from the CCTV cameras, alerts will be generated and sent to the officers on the ground, they added.

"The police personnel who will be engaged to control crowd and manage traffic at Bada Danda and other strategic locations will receive live alerts of the particular area where they will be deployed so that they can act promptly if need arises," said a senior police officer.