New Delhi, May 30 -- After a brief delay, Chandigarh's mock drill has now been rescheduled to Saturday, May 31. It was originally planned for May 29.

As part of the Operation Shield mock drill, blackouts would be observed in Kishangarh and IT Park, stated the official release.

Chandigarh's Kishangarh and IT Park will experience a blackout of 10 minutes, from 8pm to 8:10 pm.

Apart from Chandigarh, mock drills and blackout exercises as part of 'Operation Shield' were also postponed in Rajasthan, Gujarat and other bordering states. The new dates for these states is yet to be announced.

Meanwhile, the Punjab government has proposed June 3 as the date for carrying out a civil defence exercise.

On May 7, as per the instructions of the Mini...