GCC to install AI-enabled cameras in 5 zones to monitor overflow of waste bins

TO address issues of overflowing waste bins and inefficient clearing of garbage from them, the Greater Chennai Corporation is planning to install AI-enabled CCTV cameras at a few garbage hotspots.

- NIMISHA S PRADEEP

Speaking to TNIE, GCC Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran said on a pilot basis, they will focus on five zones - Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, Ambattur and Anna Nagar. “In each ward in these zones, we plan to install AI-enabled cameras at three or four locations. The complaints we get from most people are that the corporation is not properly clearing the bins and that there are insufficient bins in the city, resulting in overflowing of wastes,” he said.