Drones for last-mile medicine delivery: one private firm begins trials tomorrow

In first such attempt in the country to use drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) for delivery of medicines and packaged material including food, a consortia led by ANRA technologies — a company having operations in the United States, the United Kingdom and India, will be conducting trials at two sites beginning Wednesday. One of the sites for trials is Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar campus, where the exercise is scheduled to be conducted in the last week of this month.

In a related development, HLL Infra Tech Services Limited, on behalf of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has invited expression of interest (EOI) for delivery of medical supplies (vaccine drugs) at selected locations in India.