After its personnel failing to check the menace of hawkers, encroachment and other such illegal activities, Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to get an eye in the sky, literally. The local body plans to use satellite Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) technology to take aerial photographs.

Following the survey of a particular area by using this technology, municipal officials will get aerial 3D images which will help them identify precise locations of encroachment, illegal tree cutting, road digging, etc. The pilot project will be implemented this week in Kondhwa-Wanawadi area. Bangalore based Genesys International Corporation Ltd is handling this assignment.