For a first time, India Post delivers mail using drone in Gujarat
The Department of Posts has for the first time delivered mail using a drone as part of a pilot project in Gujarat’s Kutch district, covering a distance of 46 km in 25 minutes, officials said on Sunday.
The mail was sent by the drone from Habay village in Bhuj taluka to Ner village in Bhachau taluka of Kutch district by the postal department under the guidance of the Union Ministry of Communications, a release issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) in Ahmedabad said.
“With the success of this pilot project, it will now be possible to make postal deliveries by drone in future,” it said.
