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Mock drills to be held at 259 locations across the country on 7 th May

Representative photos of emergency practice

New Delhi – The civil defence mock drills will be conducted across the country on May 7 to deal with “new and complex threats”. The development comes amid exacerbating bilateral tensions between India and Pakistan after the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that killed 26 people. The drill will be held across 259 locations in India, including metro cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Ahmedabad. More than 100 of these locations have been identified as highly sensitive.

Locations in Maharashtra

The exercise will be held at Mumbai, Uran, Tarapur, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Roha, Nagothane, Manmad, Sinnar, Thal, Pimpri Chinchwad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Bhusawal, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg in Maharashtra.

The exercise will be held in North and South Goa districts of Goa.

What will be in the exercise ?

As part of this drill, air-raid warning sirens will be heard in these places on Wednesday. It also entails training civilians on civil-defence aspects to protect themselves in the event of a “hostile attack” and cleaning bunkers and trenches.

Cities will simulate a blackout, turning off lights to avoid detection by enemy aircraft during an attack. The drills will also entail testing the functionality of the hotline and radio- communication links with the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Sirens warning of invasion will be sounded

This will also include measures to hide visibility from aerial surveillance or drone strikes. For this, vital infrastructure such as power plants, communication hubs, and military installations will also be subjected to camouflage drills.

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