Centre may fly drones to deliver Covid vaccines in 'hard to reach' areas

June 13, 2021 08:39

The Centre has come up with a novel plan to deliver Covid-19 Vaccines by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to areas in the country with difficult terrains, after a study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur said it is feasible.

The HLL Infra Tech Services Limited, a subsidiary of Government-owned HLL Lifecare which is procuring all vaccines in the country for the government, has on the behalf of the Indian Council of Medical Research invited an Expression of Interest on Friday for delivery of vaccines and drugs by UAVs to select locations in India which have difficult terrains. So far, only Telangana was toying with this idea of UAV vaccine delivery.

UAVs have been sought by ICMR which can travel upto 35 kms with the supplies and fly at an altitude of at least 100 meters. To strengthen the delivery of vaccines, ICMR has successfully conducted a feasibility study to deliver vaccines by UAVs in collaboration with IIT, Kanpur," the bid document mentions.

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