Pune, Oct. 4 -- Pune Police and the National Security Guard (NSG) conducted mock drills in different parts of Pune in Maharashtra on Friday to test their preparedness for effectively tackling emergency situations. A mock drill was also staged at the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple in pune.

Earlier on September 18 a similar mock drill jointly conducted by the Indian Army, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Police, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and Civil Administration for a large-scale earthquake response mock drill in Along, West Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh, an official release said.

The exercise simulated a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake across five different sites, designed to test the speed, coordination, and e...