Noamundi Iron Mine of Tata Steel will become the first mine in India to launch “Drone Application in Mine Monitoring” (DAMM) on January 16, 2017. DAMM will be launched by Balvinder Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Mines.
Other dignitaries who will be present on the occasion are RK Sinha, Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines, AB Panigrahi, Controller of Mines (CZ), Indian Bureau of Mines, Rajeev Singhal, Vice President, Raw Materials, Tata Steel, Pankaj Kumar Satija.
Ministry of Mines had launched MSS (Mine Surveillance System) on October 15, 2016 which is a satellite based monitoring system through automatic remote sensing detection technology to have responsive mineral administration by curbing illegal mining.