Madhya Pradesh will deploy drones from October 1 to monitor 10,000 high voltage electricity towers to strengthen the power transmission system with better checking of defects and inspection which is so far done manually, an official said on Monday.

"This is for the first time in the country that drones will be used to check tall towers for smooth power supply," MP Power Transmission Company Limited (MPPTCL) Managing Director (MD) Sunil Tiwari claimed while talking to PTI.