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Nagpur: In a welcome move, Nagpur Railway Station is soon to be equipped with AI cameras to detect blacklisted individuals. These AI cameras will have the ability to transform video into data, senior sources from Central Railways informed Nagpur Today.
On the condition of anonymity, senior sources from Central Railways informed that the Railway Police Force (RPF) uploads data on regular offenders and blacklisted touts into the system, and these cameras recognize faces and capture pictures from front and side views.
It is pertinent to mention that a weekly surveillance data from the AI-powered surveillance system—a recently launched pilot project by the Indian Railways and Jio—has demonstrated its ability to recognize the faces of blacklisted individuals and touts.
Sources recalled that the Pune Railway Division, in association with JioThings Limited, a subsidiary of Jio Platforms Limited, had enhanced surveillance at the station. Since the pilot project is still in progress, railway officials have revealed one week of data on the cameras’ monitoring capabilities.
Data from Pune Railway Division shows that around 9,625 people visited the Public Reservation System (PRS) premises from February 26 to March 3, of which 7,311 were repeat visitors and 2,314 were new visitors. The data also reveals that around 1.1 percent of the total visitors wore masks.
In the primary stage, in addition to face matching, cameras can also determine the average dwell time of a person. More than 1,500 people were observed near the PRS window for around five minutes, while around 700 to 900 visitors remained in the region for around one hour, sources revealed as per the data.
The official mentioned that since the testing is ongoing, cameras are also instructed to recognize railway staff visitors. Besides this, cameras can also detect queue management in the PRS and can also detect when queues are being mismanaged.
Once functional, these cameras will be significant when it comes to the security of passengers at Nagpur Railway Station. In the meantime, 240 cameras are already functional at Nagpur Railway Station which ensure smooth movement of travels and strict surveillance.
– Shubham Nagdeve
