Drones designed for delivering orders made through the food aggregator app Swiggy are today being used to rush essential supplies such as food, water and medicines to the flood affected.

These surveillance and delivery drones designed and developed by the country’s largest drone startup, Garuda Aerospace, are currently deployed in Vadodara in Gujarat and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh to supplement the relief and rescue efforts of the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams deployed amid the raging floods in those states.

Five drones each are being used for the purpose in the districts of Vadodara and Guntur. A few weeks earlier, the company was requisitioned by NDRF for a similar role in Assam. At that time, Garuda had pressed into service 15 drones in different parts of the state.

“Compared to helicopters, drones are faster, more accessible, cheaper to operate and capable of doing multiple sorties. Also, unlike helicopters too many permissions aren’t required for their…

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Source: www.businesstoday.in