The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday passed an order to form a special drone unit for the Greater Chennai police. Nine drones — six quick response payload drones, two long-range surveillance drones and a lifeguard drone — will form the new unit costing Rs 3.60 crore.
As per the order, drone units will be deployed at vantage points in the city to aid and assist field police officers to reduce the response time to distress calls, conduct surveillance on VIP routes and crime-prone areas, and enable rescuing of people stranded on beach areas and in high-rise buildings during fire incidents.
The drone units will be placed initially at Marina beach, adjacent to Gandhi Statue, or Elliot’s beach or Pondy Bazaar.
