The force behind the Drones
‘Blaze’ lights up heritage city’s night skies
With no Air Show, tourists and residents of the heritage city were a disappointed lot for being denied an opportunity to watch the metal birds fly past the sky. But then, the Dasara High Power Committee, headed by Dasara Special Officer and Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy and Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) Managing Director G. Sheela, held a brainstorming session to decide upon an event that could light up the skies. They came up with the idea to have a drone show, a spectacle in the sky.
They decided to engage the services of BotLab Dynamics, a Delhi-based company that has experience in organising drone shows. BotLab Dynamics is not new to Dasara. They have been carrying out drone shows for the past two years in Mysuru but in a small scale with 250 drones. This year, they are using 1,500 drones making it a grand spectacle for the Nada Habba.
Speaking to Star of Mysore, BotLab Dynamics Business Development Executive Kshitij Kaikeya said that the first drone show for BotLab was during the Beating Retreat ceremony held on the occasion of Republic Day celebrations in 2022 with 1,000 drones followed by a show with 3,500 drones in 2023 which was a record at that time.
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