The Indian Medical Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s Drone Response and Outreach.
in the North East Drone pilot project on Saturday carried out its last. and longest drone flight from Mokokchung in Nagaland to Tuensang to deliver medical supplies.
Tuensang’s i-drone team said that our last and longest one-way drone flight carried medical .supplies from Mokokchung to Tuensang in 28 minutes. The drone covered a distance of 90 km in 28 minutes, which takes seven to eight hours to reach.
The drone reached Tuensang from Mokokchung carrying around 3,525 units of medical supplies. According to the i-drone team, this was the longest flight ever by a drug-carrying drone in India.
On the longest flight ever by a drone carrying medicines in India.
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said that ICMR Delhi and the state government have written a new chapter.
in the history of public health practices. 3525 units of medical supplies were deliver 40 km away in 28 minutes.
Developed by ICMR in collaboration with IIT Kanpur
the i-drone is the first of its kind in South Asia becoming the first commercial drone to fly in the region.
Its purpose is to supply coronavirus vaccines and essential medical supplies.