Mock Air Raid Drill to Test India’s Civil Defence Readiness
Following the Pahalgam terror attack between India and Pakistan, the Ministry of Home Affairs has declared nationwide mock air raid drills for May 7. Our national exercise will cover 244 different civil defence districts where emergency preparedness needs assessment and enhancement will be conducted. As per the Directorate General Fire Service, Civil Defence Home Guards official communication, new and complex security threats now exist within the present geo-political environment. This national program functions to preserve “optimum civil defence preparedness” in every state and union territory.
The drills will encompass several critical components:
- Operation of air-raid warning sirens
- Implementation of crash-blackout measures
- Camouflaging vital installations
- Testing evacuation procedures
- Verifying hotline communications with the Indian Air Force
- Assessing control room functionality
India to Conduct Nationwide Civil Defence Mock Drill on May 7
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) May 6, 2025
As the air raid siren blares, people lie on the ground covering their ears… An instructor is also present, guiding them to shield their heads during such alerts: @WalterAdeeb reports from Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/p89lTM7w6z
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Civil Defence Districts Participating in Mock Drills
| State/UT | Category I | Category II | Category III |
| A & N Islands | – | Port Blair | – |
| Andhra Pradesh | – | Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam | – |
| Arunachal Pradesh | – | Along(West Siang), Itanagar, Tawang | Bomdila |
| Assam | – | Hayuling, Bongaigaon, Dibrugarh, Dhubri, Goalpara, Jorhat, Sibsagar, Tinsukia, Tezpur, Digboi, Diliajan, Guwahati(Dispur), Rangia, Namrup, Nazira, North-Lakshimpur, Numaligarh | Darrang, Golaghat, Karbi-anglong, Kokrajhar |
| Bihar | – | Barauni, Katihar, Patna, Purnea | Begusarai |
| Chandigarh | – | Chandigarh | – |
| Chhattisgarh | – | Durg(Bhilai) | – |
| Dadra Nagar Haveli | – | Dadra(Silvasa) | – |
| Daman & Diu | – | Daman | – |
| Delhi | Delhi | – | – |
| Goa | – | North Goa(Panaji), South Goa(Marmagoa with Vasco Dabolim & Harbour) | – |
| Gujarat | – | Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar, Kandla, Nalia, Ankeleswar, Okha, Vadinar | Bharuch, Dangs, Kutch, Mehsana, Narmada, Navsari |
| Gujarat | Surat, Vadodara, Kakrapar | – | – |
| Haryana | – | Ambala, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hissar, Panchkula, Panipat, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamunanagar | Jhajjar |
| Himachal Pradesh | – | Shimla | – |
| Jammu & Kashmir | – | Anantnag, Badgam, Baramula, Doda, Jammu, Kargil, Kathua, Kupwara, Leh, Poonch, Rajauri, Srinagar, Udhampur, Samba, Akhnoor, Uri, Naushera, Sunderbani, Awantipur | Pulwama |
| Jharkhand | – | Bokaro, Gomio, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Godda, Sahebganj |
| Karnataka | – | Bangaluru(Urban), Malleshwara, Raichur | – |
| Kerala | – | Cochin(Kochi), Thiruvananthapuram | – |
| Lakshadweep | – | Lakshadweep(Kavarati) | – |
| Madhya Pradesh | – | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni | – |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai, Uran, Tarapur | Thane, Pune, Nasik, Rohn-Dhatao-Nagothane, Monmad, Sinner, Thal Vayshot, Pimpri-Chinchwad | Aurangabad, Bhusawal, Raigarh, Ratnagiri, Sindudurg |
| Manipur | – | Imphal, Churachandpur, Ukhrul, Moreh, Ningthou-Khong | – |
| Meghalaya | – | East Khasi Hill(Shillong), Jaintia Hill(Jawai), West Garo Hill(Tura) | – |
| Mizoram | – | Aizawal | – |
| Nagaland | – | Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Mon, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto, Kiphri, Perren | – |
| Orissa | Talcher | Hirakund, Paradip, Rourkela, Balasore, Koraput, Bhubaneswar, Gopalpur | Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara |
| Puducherry | – | Puducherry | – |
| Punjab | – | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hosiarpur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala, Pathankot, Adampur, Barnala, Bhakra-Nangal, Halwara, Kothkapur, Batala, Mohali(Sasnagar), Abohar | Faridpur, Ropar, Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | Kota, Rawat-Bhata | Ajmer, Alwar, Barmer, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Bundi, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Sikar, Nal, Suratgarh, Abu Road, Nasirabad(Ajmer), Bhivari | Phulera(Jaipur), Nagaur(Merta Road), Jalore, Bewar(Ajmer), Lalgarh(Ganganagar), Sawai Madhopur, Pali, Bhilwara |
| Sikkim | – | Gangtok | – |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Kalpakkam | – | – |
| Tripura | – | Agartala | – |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bulandshehar(Narora) | Agra, Allahabad, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Varanasi, Bakshi-Ka-Talab, Mughalsarai, Sarsawa | Bagpat, Muzaffar-Nagar |
| Uttarakhand | – | Dehradun | – |
| West Bengal | – | Coochbehar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Malda, Siliguri, Greater Kolkata, Durgapur, Haldia, Hashimara, Kharagpur, Burnpur-Asansol, Farakka-Khejuriaghat, Chittaranjan, Balurghat, Alipurwar, Raiganj, Islampur, Dinhata, Makhiliganj, Mathabhanga, Kalimpong, Jaldhaka, Kurseong, Kolaghat | Bardhaman, Birbhum, East Madinapur, West Madinapur, Hawrah, Hooghly, Murshidabad |
