Now, Artificial Intelligence to update BMC about city’s blackspots

AIMING TO create a robust system to maintain Mumbai’s roads, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to digitise road data which will improve road safety, and minimise fatalities and accidents. The civic body has, this month, floated tenders for appointment of an agency which will deliver artificial intelligence, machine- based fully automated platform for quality data collection for road assessment and inventory management, and providing solutions for remedial action.

The project will help BMC map 5,581 kilometres of road lanes across the city, with 4,100 kilometres of road lanes under different planning authorities. Once mapped, BMC expects near-real-time updates about road conditions, categorised into three levels of severity with priority indicators for road repair work.