Assam to use drones to keep tabs on Covid-rule violators

For the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19 inAssam, the will be using drones to keep tabs on those defying guidelines in areas where cases are surging.
Amid fears that the pandemic might last beyond

2021 and the threat of a third wave looming large, chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarmaon Sunday asked district authorities and the Police to conduct monitoring through drones to identify places where people are coming out in large numbers, violating Covid restrictions.

In a review meeting, carried out virtually,

with authorities of nine districts, Sarma directed them to extensively move around the districts to ensure strict enforcement of Covid protocols and allot sector-wise responsibility to magistrates to monitor violations.