‘Red Zones’ declared in Coimbatore city for two days

Temporary ‘Red Zones’ person been announced astatine antithetic places successful Coimbatore city, prohibiting flying of remotely piloted craft systems/drones for 48 hours from 9 p.m. connected February 13, the City Police informed connected Thursday (February 12, 2026).

Police sources said the regularisation was imposed successful presumption of the day of 1998 serial blast connected February 14 and scheduled sojourn of VVIPs to Isha Yoga Foundation for Maha Shivaratri celebrations the adjacent day.

In summation to the places wherever flying of drones is usually prohibited successful the city, the regularisation volition use to impermanent Red Zones specified arsenic Singanallur, SIHS Colony, Chinniyampalayam, Nehru Nagar, airdrome junction, Peelamedu, Lakshmi Mills, Ramanathapuram, Race Course, Selvapuram, Gandhipuram, Veerakeralam, Saibaba Colony, Vadavalli and situation areas, said the police.