Mohali observes mock drill under Operation Shield
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Mohali: As soon as an air raid siren was sounded, emergency response teams rushed to the building of BPCL's storage-cum-bottling plant of compressed LPG at Lalru on Saturday evening around 6 pm.
This was an emergency scenario created by the district administration Mohali at the BPCL plant to check the preparedness of emergency response time under Operation Shield.
The operation was supervised by a senior PCS officer and an ex-serviceman Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, additional deputy commissioner (rural development). He said the mock drill planned here was to simulate emergency response procedures for rescuing individuals present at the site.
SDM Derabassi Amit Gupta said the drill included the Home Guards (Civil Defence), NDRF, firefighting and medical teams, and local administration.
The number of stranded persons was 20, who were rescued from inside by the teams and rushed to designated health facilities by ambulances. Deputy commissioner Komal Mittal said the drill was to check the preparedness and real response time.
A blackout was also planned from 8 pm to 8.30 pm as a part of this mock drill in Derabassi and Lalru towns (municipal limits), barring emergency services establishments like hospitals and nursing homes.
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