New Delhi, May 29 -- The mega civil defense drill scheduled across the border states of Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, as well as the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir this week has been postponed, and a new date is yet to be announced.

The Directorate General Fire Services, Civil Defence, and Home Guards - a federal body under the Ministry of Home Affairs - had written to the chief secretaries about the Union home ministry's decision to hold a civil defence exercise, titled 'Operation Shield', across all districts in states and UTs adjoining the western border.

The order listed seven different scenarios for the district administration and civil defence volunteers to respond to, including air raids, drone attacks at military stat...