Eid-Al-Fitr: Lucknow Police uses special AI drones to monitor crowd

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Lucknow Police on Monday used special AI drones to monitor the crowd on the occasion of Eid-Al-Fitr and to detect any suspicious activity.

DCP West Vishwajeet Srivastava said that any suspicious activity detected by drones is reported to the control room.

"Today, people are offering Namaz on the occasion of Eid-Al-Fitr. The security arrangements have been made at all the mosques. We are constantly monitoring the situation through AI drones...These drones are equipped with AI technology. A message of any suspicious activity is sent to our mobile phones and control room," said Srivastava.

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Additionally, drone operator Milind Raj said that live feeds from drone can me monitored by the mobile phones of all the senior officials.

"There are free-flying systems (drones), which can cover kilometres of distance. We have made a temporary station here, and we do the AI monitoring here. Aerial monitoring gives us a wide-angle view. The live feeds can be monitored by the mobile phones of all the senior officials and control room," said Raj.