Gujarat, Rajasthan postpone mock drill scheduled for tomorrow, new dates to be announced
Mock drill: Gujarat and Rajasthan on Wednesday said that the Civil Defence Exercise 'Operation Shield', which was planned to be held on Thursday, has been postponed due to administrative reasons.
The Central government decided to carry out a civil defence exercise 'Operation Shield' in all districts of states and Union territories adjoining the western border — Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana and Chandigarh.
However, mock drills in Gujarat and Rajasthan have only been postponed.
"It is hereby intimated that the Civil Defence Exercise "Operation Shield", which was planned to be held on 29.05.2025 is hereby postponed due to administrative reasons," said Gujarat and Rajasthan.
'It is requested that necessary directions to all the Controllers of Civil Defence and other stakeholders, may be issued accordingly,' it further added.
The next dates for the civil defense exercise will be issued subsequently.
Earlier, Tina Dabi, District Collector of Barmer, had said that a mock drill would be conducted in four border districts — Jaisalmer, Barmer, Sri Ganganagar and Bikaner.
"Stakeholders from local administration and youth volunteers like NCC, NSS, NYKS, Bharat Scouts & Guides, to man different services and assist the civil administration in the implementation of various civil defence measures like air raids from enemy aircraft, drones and missile attacks," the official communication said.
Earlier, on May 7, as per the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, a civil defence exercise (Civil Defence Mock Drill) was conducted to check and evaluate the security arrangements of the citizens living in sensitive areas of the country.
Whereas, to avenge the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalagam in which 26 people were killed, Operation Sindoor was carried out by India on May 7 through which the defence forces targeted terror camps at nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Operation Sindoor led to the death of over 100 terrorists affiliated with terror outfits like the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen.
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