Srinagar, May 7 -- Mock drills would be conducted in six districts of the Kashmir valley on Wednesday, following the Union Home Ministry's order, officials said.

The drills would be conducted in Kashmir's seven civil defence districts - Anantnag, Budgam, Baramulla, Kupwara, Srinagar, Uri (in Baramulla district), and Awantipora (in Pulwama district) - which are spread over six revenue districts.

The MHA has asked all states to conduct the drills due to the "new and complex threats" that have emerged amid rising tensions with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack.

States across India have been ordered to rope in students, government and private employees, hospital, railway, and metro staff, and police, paramilitary, and defence f...