Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police M. N. Anucheth outlines the structural composition and recruitment levels of Indian policing.
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Anucheth: Police stations receive sufficient government funding to operate without bribes
“No, it's not. I think everything is well budgeted for. And you have sufficient budget to take care. It's just that how you plan it. If you plan for something and you budget for it, you do get the required funds.”
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Anucheth: Societal need, not technology, will dictate self-driving vehicle adoption
“It's not the question of technology. It's the question of need, societal need. Do you re actually require a self-driving car here is the question at that price. So if you see US, ah, there is the dearth of drivers, especially for long haul, ah, trailers like t…”
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Anucheth: AI signals cut Bengaluru junction wait times by 17-22%
“This is implemented in 165 junctions of Bangalore City. We have seen a tremendous reduction in the waiting time. Maybe up 17 to 22%, which is perceptible. Secondly, from operational point of view, ah, the amount of men deployed for each junction has reduced. A…”
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Anucheth: Bengaluru has India's highest vehicular density at 872 per thousand
“Now, Bangalore has the highest number of vehicles per thousand. It's 872 per thousand population.”
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Anucheth: Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield Metro connection reduced peak traffic by 17%
“When the biopinality line got connected to the wild field line, right? Automatically peak our traffic reduced by 17%.”
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Anucheth: Bengaluru vehicle count doubled between 2013 and 2023
“So we have 1.5 crore population with 1.23 crore vehicle population, right? So with the kind of explosive growth, so the compounded annual growth rate of vehicles is eight percent, right? We doubled in between 2013 and 22, 23. It was 56 to become 1.12 crores, r…”