J&K Police Now Deploys Drones To Map Srinagar And Conduct ‘Surveillance’ In Valley theprint.in

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has started using drones to map Srinagar, a routine activity done manually by personnel in the past. Speaking to ThePrint, local police officers said using drones will also help the civil administration conduct surveillance in the Valley, besides cutting down the manual effort put into the mapping exercise.

“Over 100 drones were provided to the police force last year in October and November, which are now being used to conduct mapping exercises,” said a senior police official. “The exercise has started in Srinagar and, so far, the activity has been performed without any hassles.” Mapping exercises are conducted to create elaborate profiles of localities, which include details such as a number of houses, shops, roads, religious places and other establishments located there.