Operation Abhyaas: Mumbai conducts drills on wartime preparedness at railway stations, grounds and warehouses

In response to the Pahalgam terror attack and directives from the Ministry of Home Affairs MHA Mumbai on Wednesday conducted largescale security drills across various locations including railway stations workshops grounds and civic establishments in MumbaiThe exercise was aimed to test emergency response interagency coordination and citizen preparedness in a wartime or terror scenarioThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC along with Maharashtra State Civil Defence Force also conducted drills on wartime preparedness at multiple locations across Mumbai on Wednesday as part of Operation Abhyaas officials saidThe exercise was led by the Maharashtra State Civil Defence Force with coordination from local authorities in line with directives from the Government of India the officials saidIn an official statement the BMC said that the drills were aimed to test the citys emergency response capabilities and interagency coordination in the event of a wartime scenarioIt said that the drills involved simulationbased exercises designed to evaluate readiness and operational protocols in realtime conditionsCivil Defence Director Prabhat Kumar and the Additional Municipal Commissioner of BMC and Chairperson of the Mumbai City District Disaster Management Authority Dr Ashwini Joshi briefed about the drills in MumbaiA press conference was held at BMC regarding todays drill attended by AMC Eastern Suburbs Prabhat Kumar ADG Civil Services Dr Ashwini Joshi and AMC CityVC KIRTISURVE BMCMumbai EmergencyPreparedness CivilServices UrbanSafety PublicSafetyhellip pictwittercomNGeoHlxtR9mdash Mid Day mid_day May 7 2025Speaking to the press after the drill Civil Defence Director Prabhat Kumar explained that the exercise was conducted under Operation AbhyaasHe said that several agencies including the district administration BMC fire brigade NDRF Home Guards NCC NSS and paramedic staff participated in the exerciseThe drills are a part of broader national efforts to ensure cities are equipped to respond effectively in emergencies including wartime threatsMeanwhile at 4 PM a siren blared at Cross Maidan in south Mumbai setting off a flurry of activity as part of a drill simulating an air strikeCivil Defence and NDRF personnel took part in a simulation drill in Mumbai amid rising border tensions as India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery fireBy 76Shadabkhan CivilDefence IndiaPakistanTensions httpstcoHBp3M3ePWv pictwittercomni1YVgeXCWmdash Mid Day mid_day May 7 2025The teams of civil defence fire brigade etc were seen dealing with a situationThe exercise involved coordinated efforts from multiple emergency response teamsA similar scene was witnessed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus CSMT one of the busiest stations in the city which was one of the targets of the terrorists during the Mumbai 2611 terror attackPreparations for the drill at Mumbai CSMT are in full swing Conducted between platforms 78 with no disruption to regular ops Siren guidelines clearly announced amp public is cooperating smoothlyVC KIRTISURVE rajtoday CSMT SecurityDrill SafetyFirst pictwittercomm29jN7gbFCmdash Mid Day mid_day May 7 2025A civil defence team from Central Railway on Wednesday conducted drills at CSMT for the preparedness of security forces in case of an emergencyThe drill involved demonstrations on fire safety measures methods for extinguishing fires procedures to follow during air strikes and techniques for rescuing and reviving injured civiliansAs part of the exercise Railway Protection Force RPF and Government Railway Police GRP personnel also conducted separate and joint security drillsWestern Railway zone regionwise update of drill1 Ratlam Division 50 Civil Defence Volunteers CDVs at three important stations 100150 staff amp passengers2 Mumbai Central Division30 CDVs at PL and BA colony 150 residents and 650 staff3 Ahmedabad Division 50 CDVs 10 stations yard and colony 150200 persons at each location4 Bhavnagar Division 15 CDVs at 2 locations with state CD unit 100150 person5 Vadodara 30 CDVs at DRM office and ONGC office attended by 200250 staff and residentsTotal 175 CDVs of Western Railway conducted civil defence drills at 20 locations at stationrailway colonydepotyard etc and the drills were also attended by around 4000 residents passengers and staff an official statement saidatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params