New Delhi, May 6 -- The Civil Defence in Lucknow along with the police and local administration rehearsed mock drill exercises in the police lines area of the city on Tuesday after a home ministry notification about the same.

The mock drills in India are scheduled to be carried out across India as per the instructions of the Union Home Ministry, amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the deadly Pahalgam terrorist attack on April 22, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians and injured many.

A video of the civil defence, police and local administration rehearsing for the mock drill is going viral on social media ahead of May 7.

The video shows the officials engaged in the mock drill rehearsing what to do in case of a po...