jammu unlike pakistan which uses drones to drop weapons and further terrorism in indian territory india uses its drones to serve humanity union minister jitendra singh said on saturday at the launch of operations of an unmanned aeriel vehicle to deliver covid19 vaccines to areas along the international border in jammu and kashmirthe indigenously built mediumclass multicopter unmanned ariel vehicle uav took off from the csirindian institute of integrative medicine complex here and successfully delivered 50 vials of covid19 vaccines along with syringes to a public health centre in jammus marh area near the indiapakistan borderpakistan is using drones to drop explosives to cause harm to human life and further terrorism but our drone will act as a carrier of sanjeevani boti for the betterment of humanity and is going with a message of peace singh who is union minister of state in the prime ministers office saidhe said health workers engaged in covid19 vaccination are facing problems in reaching families in remote and mountainous regions and difficult terrains of jammu and kashmir uttarakhand himachal pradesh arunachal pradesh and elsewherethe use of this type of drones will be of great help and also aid in fulfilling the governments resolve of 100 per cent vaccination singh saidthe gpsguided beyond visual line of sight bvlos octacopter uav has been developed by the national aerospace laboratories nal a constituent of the council of scientific and industrial research csir and has a range of 55 kilometres an official said adding that it can carry a payload of 20 kilogramsthe uav is integrated with a powerful on board embedded computer and latest generation sensors for versatile applications like agricultural pesticide spraying crop monitoring mining survey and magnetic geosurvey mapping he saidon restrictions on use of drones in jammu and kashmir the minister said there is no need to be concerned as all necessary security measures have been taken and permissions sought from authorities concernedthe civil aviation ministry had granted conditional permission to csirnal for conducting bvlos flight trials on september 13jammu and kashmir witnessed a spurt in drone activities from pakistan over the past one year with terrorists using the technology to drop bombs at an indian air force iaf station in jammu in junefollowing the bombing authorities ordered ban on storage sale or possession use and transport of the flying machines in various districtssingh who is also the vice president of csir said it is a proud moment for the country as the mangaloreborn drone will be used as a new covidwarrior in the fight against the pandemicafter the country reached the successful milestone of 100 crore vaccinations under the leadership of prime minister narendra modi he came out with the har ghar dastak covid19 inoculation campaign this device will prove very beneficial in this direction as we will be successful in reaching families which are living in the remotest region and mountainous areas the union minister saidhe said some days back a trial of the bvlos uav was conducted in bhaderwah valley of