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B.Tech student designs AI-powered smart traffic signal

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It is usually seen that the traffic on the side of the road where we are traveling is crowded and the opposite side is almost empty but the green signal is given for the same period for every direction without assigning any priority. Caught in one such occasion while traveling for a medical emergency, Deepraj Chowdhary, a B.Tech student from the International Institute of Information Technology-Naya Raipur hit upon an idea to use artificial intelligence to speed up traffic more smartly. Christened as Smart Traffic Signal Management System for Roadways, Chowdhary has used artificial intelligence in python programming language and written algorithms to give more green signals for the direction which has the highest density of vehicles. Currently, the waiting duration for vehicles at traffic signals is equally divided irrespective of the density though traffic police can adjust it manually. Moreover, almost all the major traffic signals are attached with cameras that send live feed to the control room.