Chandigarh, May 7 -- In line with the Union Government's directive for a nationwide civil defence mock drill scheduled for May 7, Haryana government has made elaborate preparations to ensure the success of the exercise across districts. A high-level virtual meeting was convened today by Union home secretary to review the final arrangements, which was attended by senior officials including Haryana's chief secretary Anurag Rastogi, home department additional chief secretary Sumita Misra and civil defence and home guards director general Des Raj Singh.

Misra said that Haryana is fully prepared to conduct the civil defence exercise and rehearsal at multiple levels, extending down to villages, in coordination with district and local authoriti...