Bengaluru:Drone aerial cameras are being used by city police for the first time to monitor New Year celebrations in the central business district where a bomb blast killed a woman and injured three others on Sunday.
The remote controlled drones would capture visuals from a height of 50 to 60 metres, which would be monitored live by police which has beefed up security on M G Road, Brigade Road, Lavelle Road and Church Street, which form the nucleus of New Year revelry in the city with people gathering in thousands.
The Improvised Explo-sive Device triggered blast on December 28 had hap-pened on Church Street in the central business district dotted with bars and restau-rants, claiming the life of 38-year old Bhavani from Chen-nai, on a visit to the city.
“For 1st time Drone Aerial Cameras being used for New Year. Remote controlled.Go upto 50 mts,” DCP Central Sandeep Patil tweeted. “Geared up fr new yr. B alert &watch ur surrou-ndings. Anything suspi-cious, report 2 control room on 100.Though nothin 2 panic. Precautionary mea-sure,” he further tweeted.
He said, “This year we have taken certain extra measures; we are using Drone Aerial Cameras, this will help us to cover larger area as it captures visuals from the height of 50 to 60 meters. The visuals will be monitored live.”(PTI)
