Civil defence mock drills are set to take place on Saturday across Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Jammu & Kashmir under "Operation Shield" to evaluate alertness at the border region amid Indo-Pak tensions.
Initially scheduled for May 29, Thursday, the exercise deferred due to administrative reasons.
Although the military standoff between the two neighbouring nations paused after the US-brokered ceasefire on May 10, Centre once again directed to conduct a fresh round of civil defence mock drills to further check the security preparedness for any emergency escalatory situation. On May 7, the first round of mock drills were carried out.
What Is A Mock Drill?
A civil defence mock drill is defined as an exercise to evaluate day-to-day preparedness of the civilians and government to respond to intense circumstances such as wars, missile strikes or aerial bombardments as readiness amongst the civilians is often instrumental in minimise confusion and panic.
'Operation Shield': Mock Drill 2.0
According to a government press release issued on Thursday, the mock drill will commence at 5 pm on May 31 across states and Union Territories (UTs) near the Line of Control, particularly in Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan and Chandigarh.
The notice highlighted that the first exercise revealed critical gaps in readiness, prompting the need for 바카라Operation Shield바카라 to address these issues and 바카라augment the Civil Defence preparedness against the hostile attack바카라.
What All Are Done During The Drills?
The key activities of a mock drill primarily encompass the starting of air raid sirens, city blackout, sheltering of civilians, the execution of emergency team activities, and other activities which are done in real time.
It often includes testing the functionality of public warning systems like air raid sirens, telephone links and radio communications are activated between Air Force and Civil Defence control rooms.
Officials also set up and check the control and shadow rooms for uninterrupted emergency coordination.
Training of civilians to carefully respond under stressful situations is one of the key aspects of the civil defence activities alongside imposing crash blackouts for power disobedience during emergency scenarios.
Evacuation plans are also rehearsed to ascertain how well they can be are implemented on real time.
