AI Powering Traffic Management in Vizag

 Visakhapatnam: 'SARTHI', an AI-powered traffic management project, will be taken up on a pilot basis for one month in five junctions of Visakhapatnam -- Akkayyapalem, Urvashi, Yendada, R&B and Gopalapatnam petrol bunk -- before final implementation under the Integrated Traffic Management System in the city.

SARTHI will employ automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), red light violation detection (RLVD) and facial recognition (FR) systems, GVMC commissioner Ketan Garg said in a statement on Tuesday.

SARTHI, short for Systematic Augmented Radial Traffic and Hoop Induction, will see participation from five technology firms.

At Akkayyapalem Junction, Brihaspathi Technologies from Hyderabad will handle number plate recognition and red light violation. At this junction, the facial recognition system will be set up near Sampath Vinayak Temple.

Meta Fusion Technologies from Noida has been assigned Urvashi Junction for traffic violation detection and the facial recognition system will be set up at Dwarka RTC Complex.

Data Corp from Bengaluru will manage R&B Junction's ANPR & RLVD systems and the Passport Office area will have the facial recognition system.

NEC from Noida will deploy systems at Gopalapatnam Petrol Bunk Junction for traffic monitoring and Simhachalam RTC Complex for facial recognition.

CMS Computers Limited from Mumbai will oversee Yendada Junction's violation detection system and VIMS Hospital area near Old Dairy Farm for facial recognition.

"The project is being implemented in close coordination with the Traffic Police. Following the one-month trial, GVMC plans to assess the results of all five systems and choose the top-performing model for broader implementation," the GVMC release read.