Chennai Corp to drone map entire city
Posted on: 18/Sep/2017 5:47:48 PM
Using unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, the Chennai Corporation is planning to map properties and utilities in the city by September end.
According to Corporation officials, the needed permits from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, ministries of home and defense, the city police, and other departments to use drones is already obtained last month.
The corporation had reported in June that it will be making use of drones to geotag and map the city buildings for identifying construction violations.
An operating team will be guiding the corporation staffers in the process of mapping, because there is not enough expertise with the corporation in handling done equipment. By end of this month, these are likely to get started and the entire process shall get winded up by year end.
The process is urged to get over, as the corporation had submitted to the Madras high court that it will be revising property tax rates by November end.
