Chennai, July 15 (BPNS)
The Coimbatore district police are planning to deploy a drone unit over the Bhavani River to prevent people from getting drowned in the water. The drone unit, according to a senior police officer of the district police said will monitor the 40 km stretch between Pillur Dam and Sirumugai to alert people in not getting caught in flash floods.
It is to be noted that the Bhavani river flows through Southern Coimbatore and covering 20 villages of the district and in Karamadai, Mettupalayam and Serumugai police station limits.
Two people had recently died by drowning in the Bhavani river and the Coimbatore district police had constituted a team of trained policemen to monitor the increase in water levels in Bhavani river. The team trained by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) used to monitor the water flow in Bhavani river and to inform people on the time of release of water into the river from the Pillar and Sirumugai dam.
However with the flow of the river changing occasionally and people entering the river from many areas including from private properties which cannot be monitored humanly.
A senior officer of the Coimbatore district police while speaking to media persons said that if anyone went missing in the Bhavani river, it was difficult to monitor the situation and with a drone unit deployed, people entering into the river could be easily monitored and prevented at times of rising water levels.
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