Drones are coming: Maharashtra govt ties up with Zipline to deliver medicines
The Maharashtra government on Monday announced a partnership with US firm Zipline to use autonomous delivery drones to deliver emergency medicines and critical care across the state. The initiative will be supported through a grant system from Serum Institute of India (SII).
The new service is expected to begin operations in early 2020. It is part of the state government’s vision of using drone delivery to establish universal, seven-days-a-week access to life-saving and critical medicines for each of its 120 million citizens over the coming years. Zipline drones will make on-demand and emergency deliveries of blood products, vaccines and life-saving medications.
