

Keen to improve India's abysmal crowd management record at large-scale religious events, organisers of the world's largest human gathering are using artificial intelligence to try to prevent stampedes. Organisers predict up to 400 million pilgrims will visit the Kumbh Mela, that began Monday and runs for six weeks.
Authorities said the technology they have deployed will help them gather accurate estimates of crowd sizes, allowing them to be better prepared for potential trouble. Police said they have installed around 300 cameras at the festival site and on roads leading to the sprawling encampment, mounted on poles and a fleet of overhead drones.
The senior police officer heading tech operations in the festival, said the footage fed into an AI algorithm that gives its handlers an overall estimate of a crowd stretching for miles in every direction, cross-checked against data from railways and bus operators. The system sounds the alarm if sections of the crowd get so concentrated that they pose a safety threat.
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