Drone copter to help ensure safe Undas at North Cemetery

The Manila city government will deploy a drone as its eye in the sky over the Manila North Cemetery, Metro Manila's biggest cemetery, during the Undas (All Saints' and All Souls' Days) weekend.

 

City government officials expect the drone to help them spot brewing or potential trouble, radio dzBB's Carlo Mateo reported Friday.

 

A photo tweeted by dzBB's Mateo showed the drone, which can be mounted with a camera and remotely controlled:

 

Manila LGU, magpapalipad ng drone upang magamit sa pagtaya ng seguridad sa Mla. North Cemetery. | via Carlo Mateo pic.twitter.com/6r1Enxb1rN

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) October 31, 2014

 

Information technology consultants of the office of Vice Mayor Francisco Domagoso (Isko Moreno) are to operate the drone, the report said.

 

The drone will also feed information on the entry and exit of visitors to the Manila North Cemetery.

 

Visitors are expected to flock to the 54-hectare North Cemetery during the Undas weekend so they can pay respects to their departed loved ones. — Joel Locsin/TJD, GMA News