Hyderabad Police deploy AI-powered crowd management system for Ujjaini Mahankali Bonalu
Hyderabad Police have implemented an AI-powered crowd management system to enhance security during the Ujjaini Mahankali Bonalu festival. The technology uses facial recognition and real-time density analysis to prevent overcrowding and identify potential offenders.
Why it matters
This marks a significant integration of surveillance technology into public event management in India to improve safety and law enforcement efficiency.
Hyderabad Police have introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered crowd management and surveillance system for the first time during the Sri Ujjaini Mahankali Bonalu celebrations in Secunderabad, as part of enhanced security arrangements for the annual festival.
Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar inspected the AI-based Crowd Management System installed at the Mahankali Police Station on Sunday and reviewed its functioning with officials. Later, accompanied by his family, he visited the Sri Ujjaini Mahankali Temple, offered prayers to the presiding deity and presented silk robes and bonam before inspecting the security arrangements in and around the temple.
The Commissioner said around 2,500 police personnel had been deployed for bandobast at the Ujjaini Mahankali Bonalu celebrations. He noted that after the peaceful conduct of the Golconda and Balkampet Bonalu festivities, celebrations at the Ujjaini Mahankali and Lal Darwaza temples were being held on a grand scale.
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