Looking at the increasing crime, Delhi Police will now use
DRDO Netra for street surveillance.
The Netra is an Indian, light-weight, autonomous UAV for surveillance and reconnaissance
operations, developed by the Defence Research and
Development Organisation's (DRDO)
Research and Development
Establishment (R&DE), and
Idea Forge, a Mumbai-based private firm.
The UAV was featured in the Amir
Khan-starrer hit movie 3
Idiots.
"We would in all probability use Netra. We have asked its
developers to tweak a few things as per our needs," said a senior police
official.
"The model currently available is quite costly as it has
Kevlar (an armour), which we don't need here in urban landscape. Secondly, wind
shear and all weather IBM toughpad are not exactly our requrement. So if these
can be dropped and cost comes down, it would suit our needs," he added.
Every drone will fly at a height of approximately 200 metres
and will cover a hexagonal grid area of three to four kilometres. Each drone will be linked to
Quick Response Team vehicle which will monitor it in real time and respond
quickly if it sees something wrong.
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