Defence Mock Drill On May 7: Security Exercise To Take Place In 259 Locations Including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru

The civilian defence mock drills will beryllium conducted crossed nan state connected May 7 to woody pinch "new and analyzable threats". The improvement comes amid exacerbating bilateral tensions betwixt India and Pakistan aft nan violent onslaught successful Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people, including a Kashmiri ponywallah.

The drill will beryllium held crossed 259 locations successful India, including metro cities specified arsenic Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad. More than 100 of these locations person been identified arsenic highly sensitive. 

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List of locations wherever nan mock drill will return spot connected May 7

What will hap successful nan May 7 defence mock drill? 

As portion of this drill, air-raid informing sirens will beryllium heard successful these places connected Wednesday. It besides entails training civilians connected civil-defence aspects to protect themselves successful nan arena of a "hostile attack" and cleaning bunkers and trenches.

Cities will simulate a blackout, turning disconnected lights to debar discovery by force craft during an attack. The drills will besides entail testing nan functionality of nan hotline and radio-communication links pinch nan Indian Air Force (IAF).

This will besides see measures to hide visibility from aerial surveillance aliases drone strikes. For this, captious infrastructure specified arsenic powerfulness plants, connection hubs, and subject installations will besides beryllium subjected to camouflage drills. 

Control rooms and protector power rooms will beryllium tested for functionality and connection capabilities. It will besides trial removal plans by simulating nan activity of group from high-risk zones to safer locations. 

Public shelters, including bunkers and trenches, will beryllium cleaned and made ready. Civil defence services, including occurrence services, wardens, rescue teams, and depot managers, will beryllium mobilised to measure operational preparedness. 

Officials person besides stressed nan request for households to support aesculapian kits, torches, candles, and rate useful for imaginable physics failures.

Blackout workout successful Ferozepur Cantonment

Previously, connected Sunday, Punjab's Ferozepur Cantonment on nan India-Pakistan separator conducted a blackout workout for 30 minutes successful precocious evening. The workout took spot for 30 minutes from 09:00 pm to 09:30 pm, aimed to trial preparedness for implementing blackout procedures during periods of heightened information threats. 

The authorities energy committee trim disconnected powerfulness for 30 minutes arsenic hooters continuously sounded passim nan drill. 

Published on: May 6, 2025 1:40 PM IST