Center plans to deploy AI to improve rural drainage infrastructure
The initiative aims to help panchayats map drainage networks, identify flood-prone areas, and prioritize maintenance work more efficiently. Bharadwaj said a pilot has already been conducted in seven villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi—the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi—with plans to eventually cover 255,000 gram panchayats across the country to improve planning, reduce…