A civil defence mock drill will be conducted at 16 locations across 10 districts in Maharashtra on Wednesday in line with the directions of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), officials said on Tuesday, first such exercise in decades amid the rising India-Pakistan tension.
More than 10,000 volunteers of civil defence, National Cadet Corps (NCC) cadets and Home Guard volunteers will participate in the mock drill, which is part of a large-scale nationwide preparedness exercise, a senior official of Civil Defence told PTI.
In Maharashtra, mock drills will be conducted in the districts of Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Raigad, Jalgaon, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Palghar.
The Union Home Ministry has directed the authorities to conduct the mock drill in Mumbai, Uran, Tarapur, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Roha-Nagothane, Manmad, Sinnar, Thal, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Bhusawal, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.