If you enter a BMC facility this week, CCTV cameras will follow your every move. The civic body has decided to implement AI-powered surveillance across its buildings to enhance security, enabling facial recognition and visitor tracking. A budget provision of Rs 18.21 crore has been made for these installations.

Around 150 AI-based CCTV cameras are already operational at BYL Nair, KEM, Sion, and R N Cooper hospitals. Now, BMC plans to extend this surveillance to maternity homes and peripheral hospitals. An official explained that these cameras can track a person from entry to exit, identify vehicle numbers, and provide official statistics. If an area under surveillance goes dark, the system alerts officials about insufficient lighting.