Ninja UAVs
- Indian Railways has started deploying Ninja UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) for establishing a drone-based surveillance system.
- Its aim is to intensify Railway Protection Force security mechanism across Railway network.
- NINJA UAVs are lightweight and economical micro contraptions built for mapping and surveillance.
- These drones are capable of real-time tracking, video streaming and can also be operated on an automatic fail-safe mode.
- Drone surveillance technology has emerged as an important and cost-effective tool for security surveillance over large areas with limited manpower.
- Drones can help in the inspection of railway assets and safety of yards, workshops, car sheds and used to launch surveillance on criminal and anti-social activities such as gambling, random throwing of garbage, hawking, among others, in railway premises.
