06-05-2025
Drills across India as country prepares for possible war with Pakistan
India is preparing for war. Air raid sirens are being checked, bomb shelters readied and evacuation plans for schools and hospitals drawn up.
For the first time in more than 50 years, and with relations with neighbouring Pakistan reaching a nadir, the government in Delhi has ordered drills across the country on Wednesday to check contingency plans if hostilities break out.
The Ministry of Home Affairs will be preparing to camouflage and protect key structures and control rooms, including industrial and power plants, telecom towers, military posts and government buildings, against air attack. Civilian workers will be trained on how to protect themselves and respond to power cuts across 244 of India's 796 districts.
Armed security forces personnel have been deployed across Indian-controlled Kashmir since 26 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack on April 22
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Such preparations have not been seen since before the Indo-Pakistan war
