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Coronavirus: Drones Support to disinfect roads and buildings

Tamil Nadu startup uses drones to disinfect roads, buildings

A startup in Chennai, Tamil Nadu has devised an innovative plan using technology to reduce the risk of sanitation workers getting exposed to deadly novel coronavirus, or Covid-19.

The four-year-old startup Garuda Aerospace, said to be pioneers in using drones for agricultural purposes, has devised a plan to use drones to spray disinfectant.

The Tamil Nadu government, approving the innovative plan, on March 23 sent out the first drone which disinfected Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai.

"Novel coronavirus is tightening its grip over India. Doctors and healthcare personnel are irreplaceable. They always have been. So, to protect them from the risk of contracting the virus, we took help of technology to serve them better," founder and president of Garuda Aerospace Agnishwar Jayaprakash said.

SIR -2026 DRAFT SEARCH, SEARCH YOUR NAME OR EPIC NUMBER

SIR 2026 DRAFT COPY

SEARCH YOUR NAME OR EPIC NUMBER

List of voters whose names were in the Tamil Nadu Electoral Rolls as of 2025 but are not included in the Draft Roll of 01.01.2026.

Click to check your name in Official VOTERS’ SERVICE PORTAL

What to do if your name is not on the list?
If your name is missing from the published draft electoral roll, Form 6 will have to be filled and submitted. Supporting documents for proof of age as well as residence and a recent passport-size photograph will also have to be submitted along with Form 6.

The submission can be made either online (via ECI’s website at voters.eci.gov.in or ECINET app) or directly to the respective BLO.

How to view the list of deleted voters?

Booth-wise lists of absent/shifted/dead/duplicate voters whose names are not included in the draft roll, along with probable reasons for non-inclusion of their names, can be accessed on the websites of respective District Election Officers (DEOs) or CEO (erolls.tn.gov.in/asd)

The lists will also be displayed on the notice boards of respective panchayat/urban local body offices and at the offices of Block Development Officers (BDOs)/panchayat officers/urban local body officers.

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