Lucknow. Today a mock drill will be conducted in 19 districts of Uttar Pradesh. All preparations for it have been completed. DGP Prashant Kumar said that the purpose of the mock drill is to prepare people for any emergency. The timing of the siren being sounded in which districts of the state has been fixed. Meanwhile, on the 15th day of the Pahalgam terror attack, India has carried out air strikes on 9 terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Mock drills will be conducted in Bulandshahr, Agra, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Varanasi, Mughalsarai, Sarsawan, BKT, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar districts of Uttar Pradesh. This kind of exercise will be conducted for the first time since 1971. The public will be informed about safety measures.
“We have received instructions from the Government of India about civil defence mock drills on May 7. Nineteen districts in Uttar Pradesh have been marked for focused simulation,” DGP Kumar told reporters on Tuesday. These have been divided into three categories: one under ‘A’, two under ‘C’, and the rest under ‘B’. However, Kumar clarified that every district will be part of the integrated exercise. “Keeping local sensitivities in mind, joint drills across all districts involving all verticals will be conducted to ensure coordinated response in emergency scenarios,” he said.
The drill comes amid heightened tensions with Pakistan following the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which has prompted the Centre to review national emergency preparedness protocols.
Category (A)
Narora (Bulandshahr) – 4 PM
Category (B)
Kanpur – 9:30 AM /4 PM
Agra- 8 PM
Prayagraj- 6:30 PM
Ghaziabad- 10 AM/ 8 PM
Jhansi- 4 PM
Lucknow- 7 PM
Mathura- 7 PM
Meerut- 4 PM
Saharanpur- 4 PM
Bakshi Ka Talab – As per Home Ministry orders, media will not cover the mock drill in Bakshi Ka Talab area
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Chandauli – 7 PM
Sarsawa – 4 PM
Bareilly – 8 PM
Gorakhpur – 6:30 PM
Moradabad – 12 pm
Varanasi – time has not been decided
Category (C)
Baghpat – 7 PM
Muzaffarnagar – time has not been decided.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday directed all states and union territories to conduct the drills to test and strengthen the country’s preparedness against modern and complex threats.
Will schools, colleges remain closed?
As of now, there is no update on schools and colleges across these districts announcing holidays or conducting online classes.
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