Puri, June 27 -- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat today lauded the use of technology-driven surveillance during the Puri Rath Yatra.
For the first time, advanced drone surveillance technology has been deployed at the Rath Yatra
by the Odisha Police, in collaboration with IG Drones, an Odisha-based defence tech startup.
Accompanied by Odisha's Higher Education and Culture Minister Surjyabanshi Suraj and BJP National Spokesperson and Puri MP Dr. Sambit Patra, both Union Ministers visited the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Puri to review the security and surveillance arrangements
for Rath Yatra 2025.
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