Ministry of Civil Aviation grants drone use permission to the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies (DULB), Haryana

Drone used to help in the development of AMRUT cities

New Delhi, 04^th  AUG 2021: Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption from Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 to Directorate of Urban Local Bodies (DULB), Haryana.

According to a press release of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the exemption has been allowed for data acquisition, mapping, and implementation of a web-based GIS platform for the development of AMRUT cities and property tax survey for Hisar, Panchkula, Ambala urban areas.

This exemption is valid for a period of one year from the date of approval or until further orders, whichever is earlier and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the SOP issued by DGCA.

List of locations of Directorate of Urban Local Bodies (DULB), Haryana approved for drone operations:

1.         Ambala            10.       Palwal

2.         Bahadurgarh   11.       Panchkula

3.         Bhiwani           12.       Panipat

4.         Faridabad        13.       Rewari

5.         Gurugram        14.       Rohtak

6.         Hisar                15.        Sirsa

7.         Jind                 16.        Sonepat

8.         Kaithal            17.       Thanesar

9.         KarnaI             18.        Yamunanagar