The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has been using video analytics for helping the traffic police in e-challaning traffic transgressions such as helmet, no-entry, speed and parking violations through Automatic Number Plate Recognition. Besides vehicle counting for better traffic monitoring and control, video analytics also enables the police in the city to identify vehicles by type and colour. This feature comes in particularly handy in identifying and tracking down stolen and getaway vehicles used by criminals.
Other usages in the city include pothole detection and illegal obstruction on roads, in addition to identifying and fining illegal garbage disposal. The crowd alert feature of video analytics has the potential for monitoring congregations in public spaces and adherence to social distancing norms.

According to a July 2020 report by UK-based tech firm Comparitech, Hyderabad - the capital of Telangana state has the distinction of being the city with the most number of CCTV cameras in India,- 580,000 with plans of doubling it to 1 million by the end of 2020; averaging out to one camera for every 10 citizens, thereby, making it the 16th most surveilled city in the world.

Besides monitoring the video feed for traffic violations, the use of AI-based video and image analytics has been seen in delinquency mapping, voter identification during local elections and pension disbursal.

As for other countries, let’s take the example of cities in UAE – Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Gharbia where nearly 7000 school buses are being fitted with cameras behind their stop signs to ensure motorists stop five metres away from them while children onboard or deboard the bus. The camera feed will not just track and fine violators using video analytics, but also raise alerts and fine the school bus driver on over-speeding or failing to deploy the stop sign at designated bus stops.

Through e-challans and parking tickets, video analytics enables city administrations to augment their revenue collections.

Applications beyond City administration
From a surveillance standpoint, we have seen CCTVs becoming important tools in enhancing security in indoor settings such as houses, residential and commercial complexes. The video feed in such cases need manual intervention and used usually post-fact i.e. manually analyzing the feed after a crime has taken place. The real value kicks in with real-time video analytics, reducing the manual intervention and thereby helping in quantifying and enhancing user experience in various indoor and outdoor settings.
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