Chennai, June 28 -- The Southern Railway conducted a joint Mock Drill at Jolarpettai Yard today to evaluate the defence and disaster preparedness and to monitor the effectiveness of relief and rescue operations.

The mock drill saw the participation of nearly 1,000 members, including personnel from Chennai Division's Safety, Civil Defence, Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police wings, St. John Ambulance, and key central agencies such as the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Tamil Nadu Disaster Response Force (TNDRF), and Metropolitan Disaster Response Force (MDF).

The mock exercise was conducted at Jolarpettai Yard, under the aegis of Ganesh, Principal Chief Safety Officer. Tej Partap Singh, Additional Divisiona...