Kerala becomes first state to have drone surveillance in all police districts

Kerala has become the first state in the country to have a drone surveillance system in all police districts in the state. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan distributed the drones to all police districts and the drone pilot licences to the specially trained drone pilots, at a function held here on Thursday. He also launched indigenously developed anti-drone software on the occasion.

The Chief Minister, in his address, said that Kerala has been at the forefront of modernisation of the police force and that since the use of drones has increased in society, the development of an anti-drone system is also important.