- By Shibra Arshad
- Thu, 17 Jul 2025 02:59 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Delhi Anti-Terror Drill: Delhi police has announced a two-day mock drill at 10 different locations in Delhi on Thursday and Friday to check its preparedness to respond to any sought of terrorist attack. The mock drill will involve all the stakeholders, including fire services, civil defence volunteers, and residents’ welfare associations, officials said.
The mock drill, which is aimed at assessing emergency response and enhancing coordination between agencies, will take place at several locations, including Hindu College, GTB Metro Station, Palika Bazar, AIIMS, Lotus Temple, Vegus Mall, Venkateswara College, DLF Emporia, and Indira Gandhi International Airport.
According to the information shared by officials and quoted by Hindustan Times, the drill began at 12 pm on Thursday and will take place at the same time tomorrow, Friday.
The official, on condition of anonymity, further said, “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. While mock drills are regularly organized to sharpen police response for preventing, handling and containing terrorist attacks, in the present security scenario, a multi-location, a multi-agency mock drill was conceived after various rounds of inter-agency communications and table-tops, the same will be executed at 10 locations, coordinated by Special Cell, the nodal anti-terror agency of Delhi Police,” the Hindustan Times reported.
During the drill practice, all the stakeholders, including local police and civic agencies like the fire service and the health department, can be asked to rush to any location (among the 10 selected places) by the central police.
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“Incident command posts have been established, and a defensive evacuation drill will be executed. The special forces of SWAT, Special Cell, and CISF (for the Metro stations) will form the inner cordon and anti-terror operations, as prescribed in the drills’ manual. Hostage rescue, secondary device check, screening and securing of suspects etc. complex operations will also be simulated with coordination and cooperation of all responding stakeholders,” the officer added.