EndureAir, an IIT-Kanpur-incubated startup, used smaller drones to fly very close to the dams that were damaged in Uttarakhand. They created very high-quality videos of the whole structure to help engineers obtain a clear perspective of the extent of the damage.
After spewing gas for the last 13 days, the #Baghjan oil field finally caught fire on Tuesday — a massive blaze that can be seen from 30 kms away. #AssamFire
"Thanks to our innovation, response teams will know where to look without wasting anyone's time - helping provide food, drinking water, medicines and other safety aids to marooned populations." #IIT #Innovation
"Families are in desperate need of drinking water. Every family is only getting four pouches of water, which is really little to get through the day," he shares about the situation in #Assam, where over 42 lakh people in 4,157 villages are reeling under the impact of the floods. #AssamFloods
A team of doctors was assisting the rescue team with oxygen supply, and they were soon joined by a team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).