In one of the many Uber public relations crises over recent weeks, a 27 year old female finance executive was allegedly raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi on December 5th. Now in an effort to make the city safer for women, Delhi police are launching a new program to use mini-drones with night vision cameras to patrol the city.
From the Times of India …
The project will be launched in north district area next month. Incidentally, the Uber rape case took place in the same area this Friday.
“With this project, north Delhi will become the first district with complete camera surveillance in Delhi. This would be achieved with the combined range of with CCTVs and drones. The only areas which will be kept out of it will be the LG house, Delhi assembly and Metcalfe House,” said a senior police official.
Every drone will fly at a height of approximately 200 metres and will cover a hexagonal grid area of three to four kilometers. Technologically it will be ensured that the area covered by two drones does not overlap.
“We can further enhance its capabilities by linking each drone to a Quick Response Teams (QRT). The video can be streamed to the QRT vehicle which will monitor it in real time and respond quickly if it sees something wrong,” he said.
