Chandigarh, June 1 -- Around 10,000 civil defence volunteers along with National Cadet Corps, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), Home Guards and National Service Scheme volunteers from 22 districts of Haryana participated in mock drills as part of Operation Shield across Haryana on Saturday. The mock drills were aimed to test readiness for emergency situations like air raids, blackouts and evacuations.

Additional chief secretary (ACS) home Sumita Misra who supervised the execution of Operation Shield from the State Emergency Response Center at Panchkula said that district-level war rooms led by deputy commissioners conducted tactical briefings and deployed volunteers to critical zones. The drills included mock evacuations, first-respons...