Telangana to start vaccine supply by drone on a trial basis

The Telangana government will start delivering medicines and Covid-19 vaccines with the help of drones on a trail basis in Vikarabad district from September 9 till October 17.

Called, ‘Medicine From The Sky’, the latest initiative is a joint project through a consortium that has been formed by Telangana government with Indian drone delivery start-up firm Skye Air Mobility. The latter has joined hands with courier service BlueDart Express to provide drone-based delivery and drone flights to conduct these trials.

With this new project, Telangana will become the first state to start trials of ‘Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)’ drone flights for the delivery of Covid-19 vaccines, said a government statement on Wednesday.