PIB said that in keeping with modern technology, the indian postal Department has conducted a successful pilot trial of mail delivery in kutch, gujarat with the help of drones for the first time in the country.




For the first time under a pilot project, the indian postal Department delivered mail with the help of drones in kutch district of Gujarat. It is being told that this drone covered a distance of 46 kilometers in 25 minutes. According to PIB Ahmedabad, under the guidance of the Union Ministry of Communications, the mail was delivered from Habe village of Bhuj taluka of kutch district to Ner village of Bhachau taluka. With the success of this pilot project, it will be possible to deliver mail through drones in the future.



PIB said that in keeping with modern technology, the indian postal Department has conducted a successful pilot trial of mail delivery in kutch, gujarat with the help of drones for the first time in the country. According to the release, the drone took 25 minutes to deliver the parcel to the destination located 46 km from the starting point.




According to information shared on twitter by Union minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chouhan, the parcel contained medical related material. The pilot project specifically studied the cost of transporting mail from one place to another by drone, the release said. Along with this, the coordination between the employees engaged in the work of delivering mail was also tested during this time.



According to the statement, if the experiment is successful commercially, the postal parcel service will function at a faster pace. Chouhan tweeted on saturday that while the country is celebrating the Drone festival 2022, the Department of Posts has successfully conducted a pilot trial of mail delivery through drones in kutch, Gujarat. The drone successfully carried the medicine parcel covering an aerial distance of 46 kms in 30 minutes.

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