INDIA, 15 SEPTEMBER, 2022 (GPN): Reinforcing its commitment to India’s agri economy and towards farmers, Garuda Aerospace, has successfully mapped 7,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh under the Svamitva Scheme. The fast-growing drone start-up had won the tender from the nodal agency, The Survey of India in September 2021. As per the tender, Garuda Aerospace was authorized to deploy drones for large scale mapping and digitizations of land records in rural areas thereby empowering land-owners and farmers with accurate digital land certificates and a unique ID that enables them to get a layout of their entire land with precise and all information. As the winner of the largest order, Garuda Aerospace deployed 15 fixed-wing drones for the purpose of mapping at the speed of 8 to 10 sq kms per hour.

Through the Svamitva Scheme, Garuda Aerospace aims to be a significant contributor in achieving the Prime Minister’s dream of digitizing land records and eliminating disputes associated with misuse of the land or property. Of the 1,40,000 villages, Garuda Aerospace has successfully mapped 7,000 villages, the highest number of villages mapped by any drone company within a year. Garuda Aerospace aims to enhance farming techniques by improving tech, reducing costs and also providing them with drone loans and drone subsidies.

Agnishwar Jayaprakash Founder, CEO of Garuda Aerospace quoted, “We at Garuda Aerospace are extremely proud as we got a chance to fulfill the government’s dream to provide landowners their rights and also map and digitize land records. We have completed over 7000 villages in UP in the last one year and hope to deploy drones and target a few more villages in the next couple of months. We introduced a fixed wing drone which looks like an airplane with wings and can cover a significant area within minutes; The drone is also equipped to sprinkle fertilizer on land thus saving time and protecting farmers from exposure from harmful chemicals. These are also enabled with AI and ML for mapping. We hope that we are able to empower the farming community, will continue to deploy our drone for the purpose of mapping and will work closely towards developing new and improved solutions in order to achieve our PMs vision.”

Garuda Aerospace recently commenced its $30 million Series A round at $250 million valuation. Former Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has invested and is also the Brand Ambassador of the company. Garuda Aerospace boasts of a drone fleet of 400 drones and a well-trained team of over 500 pilots across 26 different cities.Ends