AI garbage detection for India's towns

Every street. Every pile.Tracked till it's cleared.

Our AI device pins every garbage pile with photo, location and time, shares it with contractors and verifies the clean‑up.

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Real detections · our device

Real detections · our deviceDaylight · on the move

Now picture every street in India.

0.0 lakh

tonnes a day

of garbage across India

collected

Collection has come a long way

unaccounted for

Neither treated nor landfilled

Source: CPCB Annual Report on Solid Waste Management, 2022–23. Illustrative: dots show the scale of the problem, not measured locations.

8th Main × 11th CrossIllustrative

A single white bag of garbage dumped at the edge of a city street, seen from above

The same street a little further along: a large spread of dumped garbage beside the parked cars

A stray dog nosing through a heap of plastic bags and garbage, scattering it

A heap of garbage burning beside a wall, dark smoke rising

Malleshwaram, Bengaluru© OpenStreetMap contributors

Every town has that corner.

It starts with one bag.
It grows.
It spreads.
It's burned.

It starts with one bag.

Left overnight. Nobody reports it, because everybody assumes someone else will.

Every town has that corner.

It starts with one bag.
Left overnight. Nobody reports it, because everybody assumes someone else will.
It grows.
Garbage attracts more garbage. One bag becomes a dumping spot.
It spreads.
Dogs scatter it, rain carries it into drains, and drains flood in the monsoon.
It's burned.
When it gets too big, someone sets it on fire, and the whole street breathes it.

So we built

A device that never stops looking for garbage.

Meet

Swachathe finds garbage in real time.

See how it works

Real captures · our device · sample record data

This is what our camera sees.

Boxed, outlined and scored as the vehicle passes, then filed as a record the city can act on. Real captures from our device.

A garbage pile along a roadside wall, outlined in green by the detection model — Area
4.6 m²
Spot
Roadside, by a wall
GPS
13.0035° N, 77.5710° E
Time
14 Oct 2026 · 10:42 AM

Two garbage piles against a tiled wall, outlined in green — Area
2.1 m²
Spot
Two piles, one frame
GPS
13.0041° N, 77.5698° E
Time
14 Oct 2026 · 10:44 AM

Garbage spread along the edge of a residential road, outlined in green — Area
1.3 m²
Spot
Along the kerb
GPS
13.0058° N, 77.5684° E
Time
14 Oct 2026 · 10:49 AM

Garbage on both sides of a road, each side outlined in green — Area
5.8 m²
Spot
Both sides of the road
GPS
13.0066° N, 77.5671° E
Time
14 Oct 2026 · 10:53 AM

Mixed waste dumped on open ground: plastic sacks, cardboard boxes, food scraps, cloth and broken rubble together

A close-up of discarded plastic water bottles heaped together

Bags of garbage dumped along the foot of a wall on a street

A garbage dump the size of a hill on the edge of a town, houses and towers behind it

No two piles are the same.

Every pile is different in what it is, what it's made of, where it lies and how big it gets, and it changes by the day.

Our device reads every one of them, from a moving vehicle.

What kind of waste it is
What it's made of
Where it lies
How bad it is

01 / 04

What our device reads

What kind of waste it is

Wet (in this photo)
Dry (in this photo)
Sanitary
Special care
Rubble (in this photo)

What this photo shows. Illustrative.

Our process finishes. Today's keeps ticking.

The same pile, two ways. Watch the day counter.

Day0

With Swachathe

In progressDone ✓

A pile appearsDay 0
Detected, tagged, on the city's screenDay 1
Assigned to a contractorDay 1.5
Cleared, proof photo uploadedDay 3
Verified on the next surveyDay 4

✓ Proof of work✓ Status at every step

Today

Waiting…Still open

A pile appearsDay 0
Someone finally complainsDay 2
The complaint reaches the wardDay 3
Cleared, if it's picked upDay 9

✕ No proof✕ No status for the citizen

Why towns choose Swachathe.

Accurate

The same detection standard is applied to every street we pass.

Consistent

Each ward is swept on the same route, to the same criteria.

Reliable

Every issue arrives with a photograph, a coordinate and a time.

Scalable

Adding a ward means adding a device, not more manual inspection.

Real-time monitoring

Detections reach the platform while the vehicle is still driving.

Faster response

Nothing waits for a complaint before it reaches a contractor.

Cost savings

Jobs are bundled into one optimised trip instead of many.

Accountable

Open issues and delays are visible ward by ward.

Why towns choose Swachathe.

Accurate

The same detection standard is applied to every street we pass.

Consistent

Each ward is swept on the same route, to the same criteria.

Reliable

Every issue arrives with a photograph, a coordinate and a time.

Scalable

Adding a ward means adding a device, not more manual inspection.

Real-time monitoring

Detections reach the platform while the vehicle is still driving.

Faster response

Nothing waits for a complaint before it reaches a contractor.

Cost savings

Jobs are bundled into one optimised trip instead of many.

Accountable

Open issues and delays are visible ward by ward.

A hand holding up a phone, taking a photo of a city street

For residents

Report a pile. Follow it till it's cleared.

See garbage on your street? Take a photo in the citizen web app. Your report reaches the same platform the city works from, with its place and time, and you can see when it's open, in progress and closed.

Open the citizen web app

A clean street is where a growing town starts.

01 / 04

Healthier streets

Fewer piles means fewer mosquitoes, rats and stray animals, and less smoke from burning.

02 / 04

Safer monsoons

Garbage that never reaches the drain can't block it when the rains come.

A flooded street in Kolkata during the monsoon, a cycle rickshaw wading through

03 / 04

Money well spent

Jobs are bundled into one optimised trip instead of many.

A clean, empty road lined with flowering trees

04 / 04

A town to be proud of

Clean towns rank higher in Swachh Survekshan and give pourakarmikas the credit they deserve.

A woman sweeping a wet lane with a broom and a cane basket

Built for Swachh Bharat. Aligned with the UN's goals for cities.

What India and the UN ask of every town, and how Swachathe helps meet it.

Garbage Free Cities

At least 3-star for every town

Every open pile found and tracked, so garbage-vulnerable points get closed.

Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban 2.0

Star Rating

Proof for assessors

A geo-tagged, time-stamped photo and status for every pile.

GFC Star Rating Protocol, 2022

Swachh Survekshan

A better rank every year

Month-on-month improvement a town can point to.

MoHUA annual survey

SWM Rules 2026

Every stage tracked online

A digital record of every pile found and cleared.

In force 1 April 2026

UN SDG 11 & 12

Measure uncollected waste

Street-level evidence for the hardest part of indicator 11.6.1.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Starting in Karnataka.

Bengaluru WestMalleshwaram wardPilot starting soon
ArsikereTown municipal councilGoing live soon

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KarnatakaArabian SeaBengaluru WestArsikereYour town next?

Launched at Bengaluru Tech Summit, Government of Karnataka, 2024–25
Grassroots innovation award, Karnataka

Let's make your town the next clean one.

For municipalities

See Swachathe on your own wards. We'll show you the device, the platform and what it finds.

For residents

See a pile on your street? Report it from the citizen web app and follow it until it's cleared.

Open the citizen web app

Frequently asked questions

Is the camera watching me?

No. It has been trained to look for garbage, and every record it makes is about a pile: its photo, where it is and when it was seen.

Who clears the pile?

Your city's own teams and contractors. Swachathe finds each pile, reports it to the city and keeps track of it until it's gone.

Does my town need new equipment or staff?

No. Our device does the surveying; your teams use the Swachathe platform to assign and close each pile.

How fast will a pile be cleared?

That's up to the city's teams. Swachathe makes sure they know straight away and shows how long each pile stays open.

Does it work at night?

Not yet. It works in daylight for now, and the camera handles glare, shade and wet roads.

Which towns have Swachathe?

A pilot is starting soon in Malleshwaram ward, Bengaluru West, and Arsikere is going live soon. Want your town next? Book a demo.