Camera-equipped unmanned aerial vehicles were being used by Indian and Nepalese authorities to carry out reconnaissance in inaccessible areas in Nepal after an earthquake devastated the region on April 25, 2015.
S.S. Guleria, deputy inspector general of India’s National Disaster Response Force, told media outlets that two drones purchased from Mumbai-based drone company ideaForg are being used in the relief efforts. The devices, which have a 5 km diameter reconnaissance range, are being controlled by pilots in a Katmandu control room to check out regions that can't be reached via land. ideaForg and its UAVs were previously called upon to support relief and rescue operations in Uttarakhand, India after torrential rains caused flash floods in June, 2013.
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S.S. Guleria, deputy inspector general of India’s National Disaster Response Force, told media outlets that two drones purchased from Mumbai-based drone company ideaForg are being used in the relief efforts. The devices, which have a 5 km diameter reconnaissance range, are being controlled by pilots in a Katmandu control room to check out regions that can't be reached via land. ideaForg and its UAVs were previously called upon to support relief and rescue operations in Uttarakhand, India after torrential rains caused flash floods in June, 2013.
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