North Lakhimpur, May 7 -- As part of a nationwide preparedness initiative following the Pahalgam terror attack, authorities in Assam's North Lakhimpur conducted a mock drill on Wednesday, simulating a war emergency scenario.

The exercise aimed to raise public awareness and evaluate coordinated emergency responses in the event of an armed escalation.

To begin with, officials chose a busy shopping mall in the DK Road area of North Lakhimpur town as the drill site.

At precisely 4 pm, they sounded a two-minute air raid siren to simulate an enemy airstrike.

Immediately afterward, civil defence teams launched emergency rescue operations, evacuating mock "victims" with active support from healthcare personnel and other agencies.

Moreover, t...