Mangaluru: City police warns against illegal flying of drones

MANGALURU: Mangaluru City police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar has warned citizens of stringent action against illegal flying of drones. He told reporters on Monday that in the jurisdiction of the commissionerate, they had found some drones being flown illegally without having Unique Identification Number (UIN) and Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit (UNOP) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
DCP (Law and Order) Hariram Shankar has stated that in view of safety of public and security of industries, tourism places, religious places, educational institutes, international airport, ports, petrol and oil storage unit and other sensitive places of Mangaluru City, all the drones as per the guidelines of DGCA have been prohibited. If any operator for any purpose fly drones without having permission they will be punished as per the law. The operators should produce documents to take permission from the police.
The documents include UIN/UAOP issued by DGCA, drone specification, drone operator training certificate, permission of the land/property owner (only for areas used for take-off and landing of drones). Operators shall have insurance with the liability that they might incur for any damage to third parties resulting from the accident/incident. Valid police clearance certificate of the operator and valid reasons to operate the drone with documents, the DCP stated.