As per official sources, the mock drill will be conducted to prepare the civilians for emergency and safety-related measures during potential or critical situations.
Digital Desk: Amid escalating tensions with Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed several Indian states to initiate comprehensive mock drills on May 7.
As per official sources, the mock drill will be conducted to prepare the civilians for emergency and safety-related measures during potential or critical situations.
The primary objectives of the mock drill are as follows:
1. To assess the effectiveness of air raid warning systems
2. Operationalisation of Hotline/Radio Communication Links with the Indian Air Force
3. To test the functionality of control rooms and shadow control rooms
4. Training of civilians, students, etc, on the civil defence aspects to protect themselves in the event of a hostile attack
5. Provision of crash black out measures
6. Provision for early camouflaging of vital plants/installations
7. To verify the activation and response of Civil Defence services, including warden services, firefighting, rescue operations, and depot management
8. To assess the implementation of crash blackout measures
9. To evaluate the preparedness of evacuation plans & their execution
What is a civil defence mock drill?
Civil defence is a preparedness exercise that tests how civilians and government systems respond during emergencies like war, missile attacks, or aerial strikes.
This mock drill comes after the Pahalgam massacre at the Baisaran Valley of Jammu and Kashmir on April 22.
As India prepares for a response against Pakistan and its sponsorship of terrorism, India's top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have pledged to punish all the terrorists and their backers.
The Pahalgam terror attack is considered one of the deadliest attacks in J&K since the 2019 Pulwama attack, following an open fire by the Resistance Force (TRF), a local offshoot of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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