Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 4: The authorities in Srinagar today banned the storage, sale, possession, use and transport of drones and any kind of similar Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) within the territorial jurisdiction of the district.
In an order issued here, Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz has said that to secure the aerial space near the vital installations and highly populated areas, “it is imperative to discontinue the use of drones in all social and cultural gatherings to eliminate any risk of injury to the life and damage to property,” the order stated.
The order stated that decentralized airspace access has to be regulated because of recent episodes of misuse of drones posing threat to security infrastructure as reported by the media and other reliable sources.
“Keeping in view the security situation apart from concerns of breach of privacy, nuisance and trespass, it is extremely dangerous to let unmanned aerial vehicles to wander around in the skies within the territorial jurisdiction of District Srinagar,” the order stated.
It also read that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has provided draft guidelines/Standard operating protocol to regulate the use of drones in terms of weight classification, generation of Unique Identification Number, Height / Altitude restrictions, Speed restriction, Enforcement / Panel action etc.
The order has also directed that those in possession of drone cameras / similar kind of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles “shall ground the same in the local police station under proper receipt.”
Moreover, the order issued stated, the Govt. Departments using drones for Mapping, Surveys and Surveillance in Agricultural, Environment conservation and Disaster Mitigation sectors shall inform the local Police Station before undertaking any such activity in public interest.
The Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar has been directed to ensure implementation of the directives issued.
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