KOCHI: Thiruvananthapuram-based Lyte Master Lighting India Company has revealed more information regarding the AI camera contract in an affidavit submitted to the High Court. The company told the High Court that after agreeing to buy the best AI cameras for traffic monitoring, they were told to install low-quality cameras and the profit share was cut. Alleging serious irregularities in the installation of cameras, opposition leader V D Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala filed a petition.

Samples of better-quality cameras were provided but were rejected by Prasadio Technologies of the consortium which was forced to buy another company's camera. Lyte Master Chairman James Palamuttam said in the affidavit that this was suspicious and raised the issue before the other members of the consortium. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai, Justice V G Arun adjourned the petition to August 10.

After awarding the contract to SRIT to install the AI cameras, it was Presadio who approached them to form the consortium. They joined the consortium because if they invest 75 crore rupees, they will get a profit of 30 crore rupees in five years. According to the agreement, 40 per cent of the profit would have been received. The software was intended to provide information directly to traffic violators without human intervention. But Prasadio proposed to buy cameras worth Rs 68 crore. 32 per cent reduction in profit. The fact that installing cameras outside contractual specifications could lead to legal problems in the future also led to the withdrawal from the consortium. There was a total loss of Rs 75 lakh.