Chennai police ban flying of drones till end of G20 meet on Saturday

CHENNAI: Chennai City Police has issued a ban on flying drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) in its jurisdiction from March 22 (Wednesday) to March 25 (Saturday), owing to the second framework working group meeting of G-20 to be held in the city at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Guindy, on March 24 and March 25.

Delegates and dignitaries from 29 foreign countries and 15 International Organisations will be participating in the events, police said.

The delegates will be staying at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Hablis Hotel, Guindy, Hotel Ramada Plaza, Sardar Patel Road and Hotel Park Hyatt Chennai, Velachery Road.

“In view of the security reasons the areas around their places of stay and routes traversed by the foreign dignitaries in Greater Chennai Police limits have been declared as “Red Zone” and flying of drone cameras is banned on the above-mentioned days,” an official release said.