Drones promise to leapfrog logistics in India, and the Department of Posts has been experimenting with their use for article movement for some time now. Gujarat was chosen for the country’s first postal drone operation in 2022, when mail was transported across 46 km in 25 minutes from Habay in Bhuj taluk to Ner in Bhachau taluk of the Kutch district. The programme is now being expanded by India Post to Himachal Pradesh, in partnership with a private drone company, to move mail bags between account offices and branch post offices up to 80 km away. Assam, too, is set to join the postal drone delivery project soon.

People living in remote areas and difficult terrain without reliable logistics channels could find their lives transformed if........

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