Survey drone catches fire in Vikarabad

Hyderabad:A drone caught fire after becoming entangled in high tension electricity cables in Vikarabad on Tuesday. Officials suspected that a technical malfunction led to the drone falling on the cable.

The drone that was deployed for a survey of Vikarabad to design a digital master plan. It was reported that the Centre had selected Vikarabad among other towns for creating a Geographical Information System (GIS)-based master plan under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0.

The survey is being taken up by Vikarabad district authorities along with the municipal and Survey of India officials, sources disclosed.