Overview
- The 8th Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise, held Thursday, simulated a 7.7-magnitude earthquake and extreme weather to activate state and district control rooms and test Incident Response System protocols.
- Multi-agency teams from the State Disaster Response Force, Fire Services, health workers, the National Disaster Response Force, the Army and Assam Rifles ran coordinated rescues in mock building collapses, landslides and fires.
- The drill used district impact models with scenarios such as damage to Dimapur airport, risks to the Doyang dam, blocked highways and petrol-pump fire hazards.
- Assessors called the response broadly satisfactory but flagged weak communications and slow lifeline restoration, urging satellite backups and tighter coordination with telecom providers and road agencies.
- An evening civil-defence segment, “Operation Night Guard,” ran in 10 districts with a wailing siren, a 15-minute blackout and an all-clear to practice air-raid and blackout procedures.