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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