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Svamitva Scheme: Garuda Aerospace maps 7,000 villages in UP with drones

The company won the tender from the nodal agency, The Survey of India in September 2021

September 16, 2022

The company won the tender from the nodal agency, The Survey of India in September 2021

Record-setting mapping of 7000 villages in one year

Under the Svamitva Scheme, 7,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh have been successfully mapped by the Chennai-based Garuda Aerospace, a Drones-as-a-Service (DaaS) startup. Of the 140,000 villages, Garuda Aerospace has successfully mapped 7,000 villages, the highest number of villages mapped by any drone company within a year.

The company won the tender from the nodal agency, The Survey of India in September 2021. As per the tender, Garuda Aerospace was authorized to deploy drones for large-scale mapping and digitizations of land records in rural areas, thereby empowering land-owners and farmers with accurate digital land certificates and a unique identity that enables them to get a layout of their entire land with precise and all information.

As the winner of the largest order, Garuda Aerospace deployed 15 fixed-wing drones for the purpose of mapping at the speed of 8 to 10 sq km per hour.

“We have completed over 7,000 villages in UP in the last one year and hope to deploy drones and target a few more villages in the next couple of months. We introduced a fixed-wing drone which looks like an airplane with wings and can cover a significant area within minutes,” Agnishwar Jayaprakash, Founder, and CEO of Garuda Aerospace said.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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