Three UAVs deployed in Uttarakhand rescue operations
Developed with the idea of surveillance and inducted by the paramilitary forces nearly a year ago, unmanned aerial vehicles have been used for the first time in a disaster rescue operation in Uttarakhand and the experiment seems to be a success. An officer of the National Disaster Response Force said they have deployed three such machines for reconnaissance in the flood-ravaged State and this has enabled them to locate and rescue more victims. We can also arrange for food or water once we receive the images sent by the UAVs,” said a National Disaster Response Force officer. Weighing between 1.5 and 2 kg each, these indigenously developed machines called Netras can go to isolated and inaccessible areas from where they send real-time images captured by a high-resolution camera. Like the overhead blades of a helicopter carry it upwards, the four propellers in the UAVs also rotate to move it vertically while the horizontal movements are controlled with a remote control.
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