INDO-PAK:Security Drills To Be Held At 244 Locations

May 6, 2025 Admin

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered to conduct mock drills at 244 districts across the country, “effective civil defence on May 7″ over tension with Pakistan. The central government announced a nationwide civic defence mock drill to take place tomorrow, Wednesday, in states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.

The development came as security has been tightened in the country following the April 22 terror attack in which 26 people were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

“We are reviewing preparedness. Loop holes to be rectified have been identified,” a member of the National Disaster Management Authority was quoted as saying, after the MHA meeting.

According to the directive of the Home Ministry, the May 7 drill will focus on several key activities aimed at enhancing civil defence readiness across urban and rural areas.

Centre has asked all states to conduct mock drills across the 244 civil defence districts in view of “new and complex threats” that have emerged in the “current geo-political scenario”.

Border states such as Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat are among those were the security drill will take place. One of the key components of the drill would be to conduct checks on the air raid warning system.

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