New Delhi: As part of the nationwide civil defence mock drill ordered by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), emergency preparedness exercises were conducted at key locations in the national capital on Wednesday evening, including Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters, ISBT area, and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) Office.
West Delhi District Magistrate Dr. Kinny Singh said that during the drill, guidelines were explained to residents, who were also informed about shelters in cases of emergency.
“As per the government instructions, we carried out a mock drill at DLF Capital Greens… Guidelines were explained to residents, and they were also informed about shelters in cases of emergency,” she said.
A mock drill was also conducted in Patel Nagar. Patel Nagar SDM Dr Nitin Shakya told reporters that a building collapse scenario was created, and all concerned departments were involved in the drill to test emergency preparedness.
“We created a scenario of a building collapse. We mobilised the casualties for the hospital. Others have been mobilised for shelter homes… All concerned departments were involved in the drill,” he said.
Additionally, a 15-minute blackout was observed in the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area from 8:00 pm to 8:15 pm, as part of a nationwide mock drill to assess emergency preparedness.
These drills are being carried out across major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Gwalior, and Jaipur, to evaluate local response capabilities to security challenges.
This came after the Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of Wednesday, targeting terrorist infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (Pok). This operation was a retaliatory response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which resulted in the deaths of 26 civilians, including one Nepali national.