Question: Consider the following statements:
i) ‘Medicine from the Sky’ which is drone delivery initiative of medicines in remote area will be spearheaded by E-Commerce giant Flipkart.
ii) This project will be implemented in the remote areas of state of Telangana.
Which of the above are correct?
a) only i
b) only ii
c) both i and ii
d) none of the above
Ans: c
Context
- E-commerce giant Flipkart will lead a consortium tasked with development and execution of drone deliveries to remote areas under the ‘Medicines from the Sky’ project in Telangana.
Facts
- Flipkart will use its learning from its tech-enabled supply chains to use drones to deliver medicines and vaccines in remote areas of Telangana.
- Technologies such as geo mapping, routing of shipments and track and trace of location, developed by the company over the years will be used to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) deliveries in the remote areas of Telangana where road and other infrastructure is still in poor state.
- The pilot project is expected to be conducted for over six days and will be tested out for delivering thousands of vaccines while keeping in mind all the safety and efficiency parameters.
By kameshwar shukla