‘Tower of Silence sanctity intact, no drone activity’

RED ZONE | Parsi trust mulls anti-drone measures to safeguard cemetery sanctity; Zoroastrian funeral rites bar photography or entry into dakhmas; only pallbearers are permitted to enter

- Manoj Ramakrishnan

Recent social media posts about drones flying over Malabar Hill during Ganesh visarjan at Girgaon Chowpatty, photographing the stone enclosures of the Tower of Silence cemetery, have been dismissed by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP).

The trust, however, stated that drones are a concern, and they could consider installing drone jammers or counter-drone systems to stop the intrusion of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) over the cemetery. The trust, which manages the 50-acre wooded cemetery, said that photographs allegedly taken by drones were probably AI-generated.