THE MUMBAI POLICE STORY
Amid the Pandemic,
A new Requirement was born.
To enforce lockdown, Mumbai Police needs all forces together to spread the word of cautions to everyone. In the Short notice of the requirement, we did our best to equip our new Drone for Public Announcements.
AND
ANNOUNCEMENTS it did, with a large 40watt Megaphone setup and range of over a kilometre, The Message from the police Echoed Far and wide Saying
“Stay indoors, Stay Safe. “
We stood with the police as the Drone flew over the Skys in the City in places like. Dharavi, Dogri, Bhende Bazar, Jajamata Nagar, Worli, Malad etc
BMC using the help of Drone for making announcements during the time of pandemic (COVID-19) at Dharavi
“STAY HOME”
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was in Worli to review the
use of drones by the city police as the cops monitored localities through
the footage captured by these devices.
After the demonstration by the police, Mr. Deshmukh told reporters,
"With the use of these drones we are telling people to stay indoors and
remind them that they are being watched if they step out. This battle
against COVID-19 pandemic can be won only if people stay at home and
that is what we are asking them to do."
In addition, Rohan Raut, CTO & Founder of Drone Stark Technologies told NDTV, "The drones are being used for two hours a day currently and are also being used in two or three locations. It is helpful for the police in crowded areas where people tend to step out if they know no one is watching them. We are happy we can partner with the police in fighting this pandemic."
"The drones are helpful in surveying congested places, especially slums which are seeing many complaints of crowding. We are appealing to people through the drones to co-operate with us," said Vinoy Choubey, joint commissioner of police (law and order).