Despite new high tech systems in place to comply with coronavirus norms, the Phoenix Market City, a popular mall Chennai which reopened after five months on Tuesday, has very few visitors. The mall has deployed a computerised thermal scanning system for contactless screening. A wet mat sanitises footwear as visitors step on it. An artificial intelligence-based technology attached to a large LED screen displays how many visitors and employees are in the building at any point in time to ensure 50 per cent footfall than normal at any point of time to comply with social distancing norms. 162 of the 324 showrooms only have reopened and it's likely to touch a total of 200 by the weekend.
