500 Chennai buses get AI-enabled panic buttons, CCTV surveillance
India Today
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled panic button-cum-CCTV surveillance project in 500 Chennai buses. The facility would be installed in over 2,500 buses in the first phase.
In a bid to improve the safety of women and children, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled panic button-cum-CCTV surveillance project in 500 Chennai buses.
This is a part of the initiative of the state transport department under the Nirbhaya safe city project, reported news agency PTI. This facility would be provided in around 2,500 buses and in the first phase, about 500 buses in the metro city have been given four panic buttons, AI-enabled Mobile Network Video Recorder (MNVR) and three cameras each, respectively.
CM Stalin launched this safety initiative at the state secretariat in the presence of Transport Minister S S Sivasankar. He also handed over appointment orders to nearly 200 persons recruited by the transport department on compassionate grounds.
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Whenever women passengers face any inconvenience, discomfort or threat due to fellow passengers while travelling, they can simply press the panic button to record the entire incident. Once the panic button is pressed, the MTC headquarters in Pallavan Salai will get an alarm bell or an alert along with a video recording of the incident on the bus.
