Drones developed by an alumnus of IIT Guwahati that sprays disinfectants in public places has to some extent helped Telangana government fight the Coronavirus from a distance like it did in China and South Korea.
The customised drones developed by Maruti Drontech Private Limited, a start-up founded by the IITG alumni was used by Karimnagar Municipal Corporation to spray disinfectants in Mukarampur area in Telangana, where 10 Indonesians and one local resident had tested COVID-19 positive recently. Disinfectants were also sprayed at District Collectorate, Municipal Corporation, District Hospital, bus station, auto-stand, markets, police commissionerate and Rythu Bazars, a statement issued by IIT-Guwahati said on Thursday.
