New Delhi, May 28 -- A civil defense mock drill is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 29, across the Indian states adjoining Pakistan- Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir, according to several media reports.

This comes weeks after India launched 'Operation Sindoor' against Pakistan on the intervening night of May 6 and 7, to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack. in which 26 tourists were killed on April 22.

This development comes weeks after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) conducted Operation Abhyas -- a nationwide mock drill -- on May 7, hours before India launched Operation Sindoor.

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