Eyes in the sky: Gujarat police uses paramotoring for surveillance from above | WATCH

Gujarat’s Junagadh is expected to witness approximately 15 lakh devotees for the annual Girnar Lili Parikrama and to intensify its surveillance and crowd control, police is using paramotoring to capture bird’s eye view of people thronging in for the sacred event.

Why paramotor surveillance?

The paramotor surveillance is being used to get the access to areas that are not communicable and do not have the access to vehicular transport, said Harshad Mehta, Superintendent of Police, Junagadh district.

Mehta also said he personally oversaw the route using a paraglider.

The Gujarat Police employ paragliding for effectively monitoring the Lili Parikrama in Junagadh. pic.twitter.com/HHl0B18lYo

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The Lili Parikrama has started on Devuthni Ekadashi that was on 23 November and will last for five days before concluding with Kartik Purnamashi.

What is paramotor?

A paramotor is a non-fixed adventure sports glider which can accommodate only one person accompanied by a pilot while conducting aerial surveillance.

It is equipped with wireless headphones and also has a 360-degree survelliance camera enabling to be effective in monitoring regions that are challenging to reach through traditional means.

Junagadh, Gujarat, police carrying out surveillance through paramotoring.

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Lili Parikrama

As per a report by Times of India, four people died in the last two days of the Lili Parikrama in Junagadh.

The parikrama route covers a total distance of 36 kilometres wherein the devotees walk through through dense forest.

The devotees and spiritual seekers, during the course of the parikrama, come across various sacred locations and temples like Gorakhnath Ambamata Augadh Guru Dattatreya and Kalika as well as Bhavnath Shiv temple Bhartruchari cave Sorath Mahal Bhim Kund and Shiv Kund.

Girnar is the tallest mountain in Gujarat which is located six kilometres from Junagadh city.

It is believed that the Pandavas performed the parikrama here to seek God’s blessings after winning the war at Kurukshetra.

With inputs from agencies