Govt panel moots technology to fight illegal drones as Punjab warns of Pak threat

With rogue drones challenging the security scenario, a Parliamentary panel has asked the government to create a pool of anti-drone technology with states getting access to use it and looking at the possibility of using civilian drones to detect illegal unmanned aerial vehicles.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs led by senior Congress MP Anand Sharma made its recommendations in its report ‘Police – Training, Modernisation, Reforms’, acknowledging with “grave concern” the “misuse” of drone technology for surveillance of vital installations, illegal delivery of drugs, arms and ammunition and other terror activities.