Greater Noida: GNIDA is planning to hire drones from private companies to collect data for regulating urban services like traffic, sanitation and encroachment. The Authority intends to focus on decongesting Pari Chowk first, where drones will be utilised to take photographs and assess peak times and choke points.GNIDA chief Narendra Bhooshan said while talks are on with private companies to hire drones, it is likely to be finalised by the end of this year or mid-January. “Pari Chowk is a major crossing and witnesses snarls daily. It is also a hub for educational institutions and malls and acts as an interchange between other sectors of Greater Noida . To decongest traffic at Pari Chowk, I have asked for suggestions on companies that lend drones on hire for data collection, which can be utilised to check choke points, assess peak traffic hours, the kind of vehicular movements there as well as photographs of the area to give us an overview on how to plan its decongestion,” Bhooshan told TOI.He added that once hired, the drones will be utilised for data collection on other urban services such as encroachment, sanitation and horticulture-related issues. The Authority is also planning to re-carpet the 3.3-km stretch from Pari Chowk towards Noida Expressway. “Tenders will be finalised by this week and work will commence after that,” he said.

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