Chennai, May 9 (UNI) A Civil Defence Mock Exercise as advised by the Union

Home Ministry was held at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Kudankulam in

the southern Tirunelveli District on Friday.

A similar drill was also held today at the North Chennai Thermal Power Station,

Unit-2, Athipattu.

The drills were held from 1600 hrs to 1700 hrs.

The mock drill simulated events to check the preparedness of the Civil Defence

System to handle an air raid in a war kind of emergency.

During the mock exercise protection, safe evacuation and first aid were rehearsed.

The State emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), the District Emergency Operation

Centre (DEOC) at Tiruvallur District, the local Control rooms at Kudankulam Nuclear

Power Plant, North Chennai Thermal Power Station were activated.

The District Officials, State Commando Forces, Home Guards, Tamil Nadu Fire and

Rescue Services, Tamil Nadu Disaster Response Force, National Disaster Response

Force, Central Industrial Security Force and Medical teams participated in the mock

exercise.

In continuation it is proposed to conduct the civil defence mock exercise at the

V.O.Chidambaranar Port Authority in Thoothukudi District and at the Thoothukudi

Thermal Power Station in Thoothukudi district at 1600 hrs tomorrow.

During this mock drill, activities will be undertaken in these two vital installations to

check the preparedness of the systems to handle any kind of emergency.

The above civil defence exercise is only a mock drill to check the preparedness in

the selected vital installations.

All other functions in other places will go on normally. There is no need for any panic

or apprehension among the public about this exercise, an official release said.

It may be noted that in view of the heavy exchange at the borders and attacks by Pakistan

in J and K and other places prompting the Indian government to launch Operation Sindoor

to dismantle and destroy Pakistan terror camps to avenge the Pahalgam killings, mock

drills to test the defence preparedness of various agencies were being held in major

installations in Tamil Nadu for the last three days.

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