Mock drills conducted in 6 states, UTs to enhance wartime emergency preparedness
Exercises simulating air raids, drone attacks and other wartime scenarios were conducted, while emergency response teams practised rescue operations as part of the civil defence mock drills under Operation Shield in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana and Chandigarh.
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