Drones to guard Delhi forests, monitor encroachments

December 18, 2014 21:48

Drones will soon fly over Delhi's forests to monitor encroachments and breach of boundaries of protected forest areas. The Forest Department has formulated a plan and it would soon be submitted to the Delhi government/

"We will soon procure drones, which are battery-operated machines gliding silently through the air to have realistic data on the extent of forest land, encroachment or threat to boundaries of reserved or protected forests.

"With this we will move on to the second generation technology for monitoring and surveillance of wildlife," said Sanjiv Kumar, Secretary of Environment and Forest.

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