Chandigarh/Srinagar/Jaipur: Mock drills were conducted on Saturday in states and Union territories adjoining the western border — from Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat — to enhance wartime emergency preparedness and response capabilities, officials said.
Exercises simulating air raids, drone attacks, and other wartime scenarios were conducted, while emergency response teams practised rescue operations as part of the civil defence mock drills under Operation Shield in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, and Chandigarh.
The exercise was earlier scheduled for May 29, but was postponed by the Union Home Ministry.
Such drills last happened on May 7, the same day as Operation Sindoor, when India hit 9 terror bases in Pakistan and PoJK in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack that claimed 26 lives.
Earlier, the mock drill was scheduled to take place on May 29; however, it was postponed due to “administrative reasons”.
As part of the drills, blackouts will also be observed for certain time in areas of Punjab, Chandigarh.
