New Delhi: Drones fly to a height of up to 3 km can immediately deliver a vaccine in the reliable area Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manipur, and Nagaland.
The flight authority has enabled the Indian Medical Research Board (ICMR) and IIT-Bombay to conduct outside the test of visual visual (BVLOS) lines for vaccine shipments in this area where accessibility is a challenge.
The maximum altitude allowed 3,000 meters for the use of civilian drones is among the highest so far.
Permit for three more places by DGCA and the Union airfuel Ministry came two days after the first trial in India to give a vaccine by Drone began in Telangana last Saturday.
India last month told a new set of liberal drone rules that could pave the way for this unmanned aircraft system (UAS) immediately carry items for e-commerce and transport people by air taxi.
This new rule increases the maximum load for drones from 300 kg to 500 kg, opening the way for drone taxis in the coming years.
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