Overview
- The Ministry of Home Affairs delayed Operation Shield, originally set for May 29 across Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh, citing administrative reasons.
- Rajasthan will conduct its statewide exercise on May 31, activating centrally controlled air-raid sirens, enforcing a controlled blackout and rehearsing mass evacuations in all 41 districts.
- Punjab’s mock drill has been moved to June 3 after its civil defence staff joined National Disaster Response Force training, a rescheduling approved by New Delhi.
- The exercises simulate air raids, drone strikes and other wartime scenarios to strengthen coordination among civil defence volunteers, emergency services and the armed forces.
- Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh are finalising fresh dates under the MHA’s directive to augment civil preparedness along the western frontier.