Chunar stn first to get AI software for rly track safety

Allahabad | Sunday | 31st March, 2019

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After receiving the alert, NCR officials would be able to access the recorded video feed of the railway track. Any object detected above up to 155mm of the railway track will be treated as a hanging object except the wheel.”The HDPS system was installed along the yard at Chunar railway station in November, 2018 by senior divisional mechanical engineer Ajit Kumar Singh and his team. After receiving the SMS, the authorities can check the report generated by HDPS for any unusual readings. Gupta said that on March 18, the system had sent out alerts although it was later found that the hanging object was actually a plastic bottle.“If the system detects any object hanging it sends out alerts to a number of officials through SMS. However, the authorities started recording the system’s performance only from March 15..