Subheadline: The Bengaluru South City Corporation says its pilot system will identify road defects, encroachments, waste and other civic problems and route them to officials for action.
The Bengaluru South City Corporation (BSCC) has launched a pilot Bengaluru AI road survey covering 75 km to identify and classify civic problems, including potholes, footpath encroachments, garbage dumps, construction debris, dangling cables and broken manholes.
The AI-based vehicle inspection system uses cameras and GPS devices mounted on a vehicle travelling along roads under the civic body’s jurisdiction. The system analyses the videos and photographs captured during the survey and routes identified issues to the officials and departments concerned, the BSCC said.
Each issue detected by the system is automatically recorded as a complaint ticket with its GPS location. The ticket is then sent to the Assistant Executive Engineer of the relevant ward and to other departments responsible for addressing the problem.
BSCC Commissioner KN Ramesh said officials would inspect the reported locations and close the tickets after rectifying the issues. They will be required to upload photographs taken before and after the work, he said.
The civic body said the system is intended to help it identify and resolve problems proactively instead of waiting for residents to file complaints. The initial survey will cover 75 km of roads in the BSCC area, and the project could be expanded if the pilot produces convincing results.
The corporation also plans to examine whether the technology can support property tax revision and enforcement of building regulations. It may be used to identify building norm violations and the illegal use of basements, according to the civic body.
Under building rules cited by the commissioner, basements are meant to be used only for vehicle parking. The AI cameras could identify instances in which basements have been converted into commercial outlets, Ramesh said. The system is also expected to identify unauthorised shops, advertising boards and Bescom poles encroaching on pedestrian pathways.
The detected problems will be directed to the officials concerned for clearance, the BSCC said. The proposed process combines automated identification with physical inspection by civic officials before a ticket is closed.
The pilot therefore covers both routine road maintenance and enforcement-related issues. Its immediate scope includes the inspection of roads, documentation of locations through GPS and the creation of trackable complaint tickets. The corporation has not announced a wider rollout timeline, saying expansion will depend on the results of the 75-km pilot.
