Pench Tiger Reserve launched an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) system for the early detection of forest fires.
This advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) system for early detection of forest fires has a high-resolution camera, with a visual range of 15 kilometres.
This AI-powered platform, Pantera, has a camera feed and satellite-based data to provide real-time alerts of forest fires within 3 minutes.
This pan-tilt-zoom or PTZ camera has been installed on a tower which is situated on one of the highest hills of Pench.
The other component of the system is a control room, which is located in the West Pench range office in Kolitmara.
Fifteen commercial satellite services are integrated into the system.
The system will also provide information related to temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.
The system can also be integrated with water tanks, forest vehicles, etc.
This project is funded by Solar Industries India Ltd, Nagpur and the Maharashtra government.
