Ministry Of Civil Aviation Grants Drone Use Permission To Directorate Of Urban Local Bodies In Haryana

New Delhi, August 3 (TNA) The 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. The exemption has been allowed for data acquisition, mapping, and implementation of web-based GIS platform for 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. Drone operations have been approved for Ambala , Palwal, Bahadurgarh, Panchkula, Bhiwani, Panipat, Faridabad, Rewari, Gurugram, Rohtak, Hisar, Sirsa, Jind, Sonepat, Kaithal, Thanesar, KarnaI and Yamunanagar.