Drones not trucks to carry cargo to ships? Civil aviation ministry may open up skies for faster transportation

The civil aviation ministry will soon open up the skies for drones to fly with cargo that can substitute trucks for carrying goods up to ships and can enable faster transportation with lesser carbon footprint. The drones are being planned for not only cargo transportation but for facilitating delivery system of e-commerce platforms, which will create new dimensions in the entire logistics chain.

A civil aviation ministry official told fe that during October last year the Union home ministry made recommendations to the civil aviation peer to frame a policy of flying drones in the sky mainly to enable faster transportation of goods and easing the loading of ships and thereby, reducing a ship’s average turnaround time. The home ministry asked all the states to form a high-powered committee to be headed by the home secretary of the respective states with members from the state and central intelligence.