Gururgram, April 24 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is set to use drone surveys to identify illegal pathways and sewage discharge points along the 26km Badshahpur drain (Leg-3), from Ghata to Sector 99 via Vatika Chowk, as part of a plan to curb pollution, remove unsafe access routes and ease pressure on the city's stormwater network, officials said on Thursday.

Following complaints about informal access routes linking areas upstream of the Gadauli culvert with settlements such as Ramprastha, Behrampur and Badshahpur, the GMDA has decided to deploy drones to identify and seal unsafe pathways along the Badshahpur drain, which ultimately flows into the Najafgarh drain. Meanwhile, the Municipal Corporation of Gurug...