Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 27 : Indore Municipal Corporation decided to install an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system in AICTSL (Atal Indore City Transport Services Limited) city buses to monitor drivers' activity like being in an inebriated state, sleeping, feeling unwell or talking on mobile. It will convey a message to the city bus control room.
The AI system will be installed in five buses as a pilot project and later on it will be installed in other buses based on the results of the initial pilot project.
Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava told ANI, "Safety is the first priority in the vision of Digital Indore and that is why Indore has become the first city in the country to make a CCTV surveillance policy. In the series, CCTV cameras have been installed in the city buses running under AICTSL and now we are going to start using Artificial Intelligence for monitoring the drivers in these buses very soon."

"We will take this project forward based on the idea of a Delhi-based company. Under which, breath analysers (Liquor detectors) will be installed and the bus will start only after the test. There will be surveillance on the driver and the conductor, a dash camera will be installed which will read the driver. If it seems that the driver is unwell or he is feeling sleepy or talking on the phone, it will monitor and convey a message to the city bus control room," he said.
Apart from this, the camera will also record many other things. So, it is a major step being carried out from the point of view of safety, the Mayor added.
Meanwhile, Municipal Corporation Commissioner Shivam Verma told ANI, "We constantly try to provide better and safer travel to the passengers in the city buses. Keeping this in mind, we are going to use AI technology in city buses. If the driver feels sleepy, talks on mobile while driving the bus or driving in an inebriated state, then an alert message will be conveyed in the AICTSL bus control room."
The initiative will be started on a pilot basis and an AI system will be installed in five buses initially. After the results, it will be installed in other buses as well, he added.