Civil defence mock drill to be conducted across Gujarat

Gandhinagar: As per the orders from the Government of India and under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, a civil defence exercise will be conducted in Gujarat on Thursday at 5:00 PM. After the grand success of Operation Sindoor, a mock drill will be organised in every district of Gujarat as part of advance.

Gandhinagar: As per the orders from the Government of India and under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, a civil defence exercise will be conducted in Gujarat on Thursday at 5:00 PM.

After the grand success of Operation Sindoor, a mock drill will be organised in every district of Gujarat as part of advance preparation to counter any possible attack from the enemy country.

Regarding Operation Shield mock drill, Ravi, on Wednesday, virtually reviewed preparations made by the district administration. Along with this, she also gave necessary instructions to all the District Collectors for successful implementation of mock drill.

Further, Jayanti Ravi said that during this exercise, various actions like ensuring the readiness of the local administration regarding civil security; taking the services of young volunteers like NCC, NSS, Bharat Scout and Guide; setting up a hotline between the Air Force and the Civil Security Control Room regarding enemy aircraft and missile attacks; activating the air raid siren; ensuring complete darkness and ensuring public safety and their property will be taken.

Apart from this, necessary instructions have been given to the District Collectors to take necessary action regarding the medical team and blood donation for immediate treatment of the injured after a possible attack and to prepare necessary action plans regarding the immediate deployment of Home Guards of the Border Wing, Armed Wing personnel in a possible war situation. Along with this, the Collectors have also been informed about timely coordination by all the necessary departments and stakeholders during this exercise, she added.

As per the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, a civil defence exercise (Civil Defence Mock Drill) was conducted on May 7 to check and evaluate the security arrangements of the citizens living in sensitive areas of the country. Based on this, the civil defence arrangements have been strengthened in some sensitive areas of the country.