Flipkart to pilot drone delivery of vaccines in Telangana
Partnered with the govt of Telangana to lead a consortium tasked with the development and execution of drone deliveries
Will supply vaccines and medical supplies to remote areas under the ‘Medicines from the Sky’ project
Flipkart said it will utilise learnings from its tech-enabled supply chain for the purpose
Will employ technologies such as geo-mapping, routing of shipments and track and trace of location
Some of these technologies will then be used to conduct ‘Beyond Visual Line of Sight’ deliveries in remote areas
The pilot of the initiative is expected to be conducted for over six days
