Hyderabad, June 26 -- Telangana Fire Disaster Response and Emergency Services Director General Y. Nagi Reddy on Tuesday announced that the department is exploring the use of drone technology for fire surveillance and plans to induct women into the fire force, following the lead of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

He also revealed that three fire-fighting robots have already been deployed in Hyderabad, Rangareddy, and Medchal districts, with plans to expand this technology further.

Fire safety in pharma sector

Reddy was speaking at the inaugural session of a conference titled 'Pillars of Protection - Forging a Safer Future for Pharma and Chemical Manufacturing' organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Telangana.

Addressing th...