This comes in the wake of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registering a first information report (FIR) on the direction of the High Court in the death of a Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) Chief Engineer, whose family alleged harassment and abetment to suicide by seniors.
Shimla: As nearly 70 per cent of the population of the hill state lives in earthquake-sensitive zones four and five and also sensitive to other types of natural disasters, the Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) will organise the ninth state-wide earthquake mock exercise in collaboration with National Disaster Management Authority in all 12.
The CBI headquarters has taken this decision in view of the complexity of the Vimal Negi murder case, which has become a high-profile case in Himachal.