Facial recognition in Ongole

In order to monitor the attendance and work of sanitation staff, the Ongole Municipal Corporation are making use of facial recognition cameras. Presently, the municipal corporation makes use of thumbprint impression systems to record attendance, but they believe that workers only attend the workplace to put in the thumbprint impression and do not do the required work. Hence, they believe that surveillance through facial recognition cameras will ensure better work practices.

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Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (8 December 2019, Documented, , No description)
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Managed by	Ongole Municipal Corporation
Used by	Ongole Municipal Corporation

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City	Ongole
Country ⠉	India

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At present, all municipal bodies in the district including OMC use biometric thumb impression system for recording staff attendance. However, from time to time reports emerge that sanitation employees do not attend to their duties and simply come in the evening and make a thumb impression to ensure their exit record. 1

To put a stop to these unethical practices, municipal officials in the district have been ordered to make arrangements for surveillance of their sanitation workers. 1

“We believe the new facial recognition system will aid in assessing the diligence of all sanitary workers. If all employees attend to their duties, there will be no accumulation of garbage,” OMC commissioner P Niranjan Reddy said. 1

References

a b c d "Facial recognition to monitor sanitary workers in Andhra's Ongole district". (2019) <https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/dec/08/facial-recognition-to-monitor-sanitary-workers-in-andhras-ongole-district-2073185.html> Accessed: 2022-11-21

Facial recognition in Ongole
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City	Ongole
Country	India
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managed by	Ongole Municipal Corporation
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Summary	In order to monitor the attendance and work of sanitation staff, the Ongole Municipal Corporation are making use of facial recognition cameras. Presently, the municipal corporation makes use of thumbprint impression systems to record attendance, but they believe that workers only attend the workplace to put in the thumbprint impression and do not do the required work. Hence, they believe that surveillance through facial recognition cameras will ensure better work practices.