Telangana uses drones to inspect power lines and towers, project expected to be scaled up

The Telangana government on Tuesday announced that it had successfully completed a pilot project that sought to explore the use of drones for inspection of power lines and towers. The project is expected to be scaled up soon.

The Telangana government on Tuesday announced that it had successfully completed a pilot project that sought to explore the use of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones for inspection of power lines and towers.

The project aimed to leverage drones and artificial intelligence (AI) to overcome the limitations of manual tower inspections. As part of the project, extra high tension (EHT) transmission line towers of the Transmission Corporation of Telangana (TS-TRANSCO) were aerially surveyed.