Dharamshala, Aug. 7 -- A team from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, used drone technology to assist in the ongoing efforts to restore power supply in Chhaprahan (Mulandi) village of Nachan assembly constituency of Mandi district, where electricity has been disrupted for the past three days.

The team, comprising Pranav Singh and Vikas Sharma under the guidance of Dr Amit Shukla from the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), provided technical assistance in the sagging process of the 11 KV Saranda feeder with the help of drones.

Gohar electricity divsion executive engineer Sumit Chauhan said the spur feeder was damaged when the 33 KV Pandoh-Gohar line suffered heavy damage two days ago, which also affecte...