Drones to monitor city traffic

A Traffic Monitoring and Surveillance Unit launched on Wednesday will use drone cameras to identify problems on major city roads.

Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Asad Ejaz Malhi used drone cameras to monitor traffic, encroachment, wrong parking and other issues at Mall Road, Data Darbar and Shah Alam Market.

He said on the occasion that the technology would be used during road blocks and protests and to identify smoky vehicles and one-way traffic violations. Issues related to road engineering can also be examined by using the drone cameras.

The CTO said the videos would be recorded and provided to the relevant departments for appropriate action. The city traffic police had experimented with drone surveillance to pinpoint wrong parking, road engineering issues and interruption of traffic flow in March last year.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 20^th, 2023.