DMP to deploy drone technology to monitor gridlock in city
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DHAKA, Aug 21, 2026 (BSS) – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is planning to use drone surveillance after attaining success in visitors administration by using synthetic intelligence (AI)-powered cameras in the city.
DMP Additional Police Commissioner (Traffic) Md Anisur Rahman not too long ago instructed BSS that the technology can be integrated at essential factors in the city in order that the visitors authority can collect info on gridlock from the spot and take motion promptly.
Primarily, the deployment of drones on an experimental foundation will assist monitor visitors circulate on roads susceptible to congestion and enhance the effectivity of legislation enforcers, stated the DMP official.
Subsequently, the system will even be used to determine autos plying on roads in violation of visitors guidelines, convey warning messages after which file circumstances based mostly on video footage after equipping the gadgets with automated quantity plate readers (ANPR).
The DMP official stated drone surveillance has already been deployed in varied nations around the globe, however it’s a completely new idea for us.
In Dhaka city, visitors congestion incessantly happens on flyovers, notably across the elevated expressway, Bahadur Shah Park and Gulistan flyover, however usually it takes time to find the true trigger behind the gridlock, he stated, including, “The device will help us to find it and take action immediately.”
Highlighting the important thing causes behind visitors congestion, the DMP official stated many of the city buses by no means cease at their designated stoppages for carrying passengers.
On city routes, these buses are being operated by transport employees below a daily-payment association, which ends in unethical competitors among the many city buses as they take passengers from anyplace as a substitute of stopping at sure bus stoppages, creating severe visitors gridlock in the city.
But in developed nations, city buses transfer at sure intervals and their motion is managed by a sure administration system. But this method is completely absent in our nation.
The DMP official emphasised the introduction of an e-ticketing system and bus route rationalisation to restore self-discipline in city areas. Otherwise, city dwellers won’t do away with these sufferings, he added.
Replying to a query in regards to the precise capabilities of the drones, Rahman stated the drone is supplied with a voice message system, as an alert message can be delivered to the actual autos accountable for breaching visitors guidelines.
He stated if any car creates gridlock on the highway, the drone will sound that “you [the particular vehicle] are creating gridlock, so please go away and make the road clear.”
Cases might also be filed in opposition to the autos by the newest gadget. The drone will even assist observe the general visitors scenario in the city.
But the set up of the technology now stays at a really preliminary stage, stated the DMP further commissioner.
“The DMP has received a drone from an organization and it is currently under testing and hope that work will begin at the field level soon,” stated the official.
The DMP official stated real-time information is out there from the technology, however mandatory infrastructure can be required to get the ability because the technology is absolutely internet- and server-based.
Regarding the circumstances that may be filed robotically by the drone or manually after observing the footage, Anisur Rahman stated though the division just isn’t but on the stage of submitting circumstances robotically, the technology makes automated case submitting attainable.
The DMP official stated the variety of circumstances doesn’t justify the standard of labor, as an extreme variety of circumstances implies that extra individuals are violating visitors legal guidelines. “Our goal is not to file more cases but to make people abide by the traffic law,” he added.
Anisur Rahman stated the division has began coaching its members on drone operation, with a workforce from the Tejgaon division already skilled. Training for visitors officers of the Uttara division will start subsequent week.