{"id":22185,"date":"2015-01-21T16:19:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T10:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=22185"},"modified":"2015-01-21T16:19:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T10:49:36","slug":"flying-a-drone-in-trivandrum-could-land-you-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/flying-a-drone-in-trivandrum-could-land-you-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying a drone in Trivandrum could land you in trouble!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>#EnteTrivandrum:<\/strong> Aerial photography using camera fitted drones are getting more and more popular these days.\u00a0 However using a drone without the proper license could land you in big trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Trivandrum City police has decided to keep an eye on use of camera-fitted drones and unmanned aerial vehicles\/aircraft systems (UAV\/UAS) by the public.\u00a0 Those without permission would face legal action, said H. Venkatesh, City Police Commissioner.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fortunately, city police is yet to announce a total ban on the use of drones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot rule out misuse of these devices. There are security issues. We will take legal action if drones are used without permission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In Trivandrum drones are mostly used by photographers for covering weddings and housewarming ceremonies. Many amateur photographers use drone to shoot city&#8217;s landmark buildings and beaches. Most of them shot without the people below being aware of the silent eyes flying above them. Recently during IFFK, the use of a cam-fitted drone by a private agency had drawn resentment from delegates, citing intrusion into privacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Drones are banned by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Chennai drone owners are asked to notify to the police the specifications such as category, power, flight range, purpose of their devices while in Bengaluru, the police are reportedly moving towards a ban. In Mumbai, private drones are already banned. Trivandrum city police is yet to move onto the next level of restricting use of drones.<\/p>\n<p>Drones are easily available for purchase in the market and online shopping sites. How far the police can restrict these devices remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#EnteTrivandrum: Aerial photography using camera fitted drones are getting more and more popular these days.\u00a0 However using a drone without the proper license could land you in big trouble. Trivandrum City police has decided to keep an eye on use of camera-fitted drones and unmanned aerial vehicles\/aircraft systems (UAV\/UAS) by the public.\u00a0 Those without permission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":22188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[452],"class_list":["post-22185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general","tag-trivandrum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}