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Gujarat Prepares AI Pilot to Identify Stray Cattle in Ahmedabad by Nose Biometric

An agency’s deep-learning model is slated for committee review before connecting city CCTV feeds to the municipal database for real-time owner lookup.

Overview

  • The AI Centre of Excellence in GIFT City has tasked a private agency to build a computer-vision system that recognizes cows using unique nose patterns plus facial marks and eyes.
  • The proposed tool is designed to match detections against the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s database of roughly 1.1 lakh RFID‑tagged and microchipped cattle.
  • Live images from about 126 to 130 smart CCTV junctions would feed the model to identify stray cows and retrieve registered owner details in real time.
  • Officials say the approach aims to replace today’s labor‑intensive, manual photo‑to‑RFID checks and to cut traffic disruptions and cattle‑related accidents.
  • Project status remains pre‑deployment, with solutions prepared for a steering or operational committee’s review and any rollout contingent on approval and further testing.