A two-day mock drill is scheduled to be held in Delhi on Thursday and Friday to assess the anti-terror preparedness amongst the citizens. The drill will be held in more than 10 locations of the national capital.
A team of Delhi Fire Service (DFS), along with PCR, SWAT (Special Weapon and Tactics), Civil Defence volunteers, and residents of welfare associations, will take part in the drill organised by the Delhi Police, a senior police officer said.
All the stakeholders, including the local police, traffic police, fire service, and the health department, will be asked to rush to any location, as directed by the Central Police Control Room.
Adding to his statement, he said some of the locations include Hindu College, GTB Metro Station, Palika Bazar, AIIMS, Lotus Temple, Vegas Mall, Venkateswara College, DLF Emporio, and Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The officer added that the drill would commence at noon on Thursday and Friday, where well-coordinated multi-location exercises will take place at over ten strategic locations.
“Mock drills are the standard mechanism whereby the efficiency and efficacy of institutional arrangements and inter-agency coordination are put to the litmus test in various scenarios,” another officer mentioned.
He further said, “While mock drills are regularly organised to sharpen police response for preventing, handling, and containing terrorist attacks.”
“However, in the present security scenario, a multi-location, multi-agency mock drill was conceived after various rounds of inter-agency communications and tabletops; the same will be executed at 10 locations, coordinated by Special Cell, the nodal anti-terror agency of Delhi Police,” the officer asserted.