Ahmedabad, May 6 -- In view of the planning of the mock drill to be held in Gujarat on Wednesday, Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi held a meeting on Tuesday and the proposed action plan was reviewed.

Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department MK Das, Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue Department Jayanti Ravi, State Police Chief Vikas Sahay, Home Guards and Civil Defence DGP Manoj Agarwal and other high officials were also present at this meeting.

In a boost to civil defence preparations amid tensions with Pakistan, the Union Home Ministry has decided to organise Civil Defence Exercise and Rehearsal across 244 categorised districts on May 7.

According to a letter written to Chief Secretaries, the Union Home Ministry inf...