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News18
05-05-2025
- Politics
- News18
30-Minute Blackout Drill Held At Punjab's Ferozepur Cantt Amid Rising India-Pak Tensions
Last Updated: As part of the drill, total darkness was maintained by switching off all visible lights for half-an-hour. Security agencies on Sunday carried out a 30-minute blackout drill at Ferozepur Cantonment area in Punjab in view of the 'prevailing war threats", amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, officials said. The blackout drill was carried at the border town out from 9 pm to 9:30 pm. As part of the drill, total darkness was maintained by switching off all visible lights for half-an-hour. Authorities also directed the residents that no inverter or generator lights should be visible outside their homes during this period. All lights were turned off in the area after a siren went off at 9 pm, news agency PTI reported. #WATCH | Ferozepur, Punjab: As per the guidelines of the President, Cantonment Board/Station Commander, Ferozepur, rehearsal for blackout was conducted in the entire Cantonment area today, from 9:00 PM to 9:30 PM. — ANI (@ANI) May 4, 2025 To ensure the blackout exercise can be carried out successfully, the Ferozepur Cantonment Board had asked the Deputy Commissioner and the station headquarters for 'support and cooperation". 'You are requested to ensure adequate security arrangements during this period, given the total blackout. This rehearsal aims to ensure preparedness and effectiveness in implementing blackout procedures during prevailing war threats. Your support and cooperation are crucial in making this exercise successful," the letter said. The board had also asked the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) to cut electricity at the exercise's scheduled time. 'Electricity supply in the cantonment area will be shut from 9 pm to 9:30 pm. There is no need to panic. The administration is fully alert and ready to respond if required," she said. The Border Security Force (BSF) has intensified patrolling along the international border while Punjab Police has set up checkpoints at all strategic locations as a precautionary measure. In one of the biggest attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, Lashkar-linked terrorists opened fire on a group of tourists in Pahalgam on Tuesday, April 22, killing at least 26 people, including foreign tourists, and injuring many others. The Resistance Front (TRF), a Lashkar offshoot, claimed responsibility for the attack, although it later backtracked after massive global outrage. (With inputs from agencies) First Published: May 05, 2025, 08:25 IST
Time of India
04-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
Echoes of 1971 as Ferozepur Cantt goes dark in 30-minute drill
Echoes of 1971 as Ferozepur Cantt goes dark in 30-minute drill FEROZEPUR: A 30-minute blackout drill from 9pm Sunday in Punjab's Ferozepur Cantonment , along the India-Pakistan border , harked back to the 1971 War when it had become routine to order lights off to reduce visibility for enemy aircraft. Ferozepur Cantonment Board had intimated residents in advance about the power cut as part of a safety preparedness exercise. As the cantonment area plunged into darkness, the only light was from headlamps of vehicles being stopped for frisking at multiple checkpoints on the highway. Residents were mostly cooped up in their homes, keeping even personal generators and inverters switched off for the entire duration of the drill. Hooters pierced the night air continuously, heightening the feeling of an emergency despite everyone knowing that it was a mock exercise. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Want Lower Bills Without Changing a Thing? elecTrick - Save upto 80% on Power Bill Learn More Undo The cantonment board's official statement described the temporary blackout as being part of "routine safety preparedness" involving the public. "This mock drill is being conducted in the interest of public safety, and we greatly appreciate the cooperation and understanding of all residents," the statement said, assuring the residents that normal power supply would resume immediately after the drill ended at 9.30pm. Sure enough, lights came on at the designated time. By then, generations who hadn't experienced 1971 knew what it felt like back then.
