Chandigarh, May 13 -- Though the Chandigarh administration was able to devise a quick contingency plan as soon as the armed conflict between India and Pakistan took a sharp turn, the city witnessed some glaring gaps in its emergency and evacuation drills, which the administration is now working to plug.

The city demonstrated its ability to intensify patrolling across the city, earmark spaces for potential military use on short notice-- community centres were earmarked for these -- and create green corridors to facilitate swift movement of military convoys and vehicles, but in faltered terms of quickly relaying information to the residents.

For instance, many residents, especially those living in the city's southern sectors, complained t...