COVID-19: IIT alumini develops special drone to spray disinfectants in Telangana

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.