Floods-Drones
Garuda drones supply food-med to Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh flood-hit areas
Bengaluru/UNI: India's largest drone startup Garuda Aerospace has been deployed as surveillance and delivery drones amid the ongoing flood situations in Gujarat's Vadodara, and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.
The drones are being used to deliver food and necessary medicines.
Founder and CEO of Garuda Aerospace Agnishwar Jayaprakash said, "After successful implementation of drones to support flood victims in Assam, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed two more Garuda Aerospace teams to tackle the flood situations in Vadodara, Gujarat and Guntur, Andhra Pradesh to support NDRF officials with surveillance and delivery drones."
A NDRF official said,"Personally, I feel and believe that drones will soon play a major role in supporting NDRF rescue efforts now and in the future as well.
"Garuda Aerospace has designed these drones for delivery purposes for Swiggy which was used during the Assam floods for delivering essential supplies such as food, water and medicine to victims and survivors."
Drones were also used extensively in the Chamoli Glacier Burst Disaster last year in Uttarakhand.
Jayaprakash said the company boasts of 500 pilots and 300 drones pan India.
"The ongoing Series A fund raise of $30 million at a $250 million valuation has made the company strong," he said.
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