The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the Chief Secretaries of all States and Administrators of Union Territories directing them to conduct a Civil Defence Mock Drill on May 7 to exercise and enhance the readiness of Civil Defence mechanisms across all States and Union Territories.

According to the letter, the mock drill will be held across 244 categorised civil defence district of the country.

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The primary objectives of the mock drill are:

-To assess the effectiveness of air raid warning systems.

-Operationalization of Hotline/Radio Communication Links with the Indian Air Force.

-To test the functionality of control rooms and shadow control rooms.

-Training of civilians, students, etc, on the civil defence aspects to protect themselves in the event of hostile attack.

-Provision of crash black out measures.

-Provision for early camouflaging of vital plants/ installations

-To verify the activation and response of Civil Defence services, including warden services, firefighting, rescue operations, and depot management.

-To assess the implementation of crash blackout measures.

-To evaluate the preparedness of evacuation plans and their execution.