New Delhi, April 30 -- The Delhi government has allowed the use of16 schools in the national capital for temporary deployment of a communication set-up by the IAF to conduct a defence exercise between April 28 and May 2.

"This has the precedence from previous MoD (Ministry of Defence) activations during yearly national events (Republic Day and Independence Day celebrations) (sic)," Delhi government's directorate of education order read

The order's subject line read, "Permission to use premises of schools for Delhi Integrated Air Defence Activation" for the air force exercise.

In pursuance of Ministry of Defence (MoD)'s direction, "certain school buildings under your department's jurisdiction are found suitable for temporary usage", the...