Overview
- Authorities unveiled 139 drones, one assigned to each polling station, in what they presented as India’s first full-scale election surveillance by air.
- Each aircraft streams live video to an integrated command room linking the Election Commission, police, and civic agencies to track queues, crowd flow, and disturbances.
- The system is set to log timestamps and GPS coordinates for any alleged breaches of the Model Code of Conduct to support rapid response by officials.
- Operators say flights will remain under 100 feet and within notified zones in line with DGCA rules, with one trained pilot managing each drone.
- Hyderabad start-up Hanuma Vyuh leads the deployment with TiHAN/IIT Hyderabad and Garuda Aerospace support, citing drones with roughly 40 minutes of endurance, 10 km video transmission, and a 2 kg payload capacity.