Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 7: The authorities on Wednesday banned the use, possession, sale, storage and transportation of drones in north Kashmir district of Bandipora.
Bandipora is the eighth district after Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara in Kashmir and Ramban, Samba, Kathua and Rajouri in Jammu division were drones were banned during the last about a week.
The decision by the district administrations to ban drones comes against the backdrop of suspected drone attack on Jammu airbase and sighting of drones near various vital installations last month in J&K.
To secure aerial space near vital installations and highly populated areas, it is imperative to discontinue the use of drones in all social and cultural gatherings to eliminate any risk of injury to life and damage to property, read an order issued by Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad.
The order was issued by evoking section 144 CrPC.
The order said that decentralised air space access has to be regulated in view of the recent incidents of misuse of drones posing threat to security infrastructure as reported by the media and other reliable sources.
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