States And Union Territories Conducting Mock Security Drills On May 7

Amid rising tensions with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, the Ministry of Home Affairs has mandated security drills across all states and Union Territories on May 7.

The drills, to be held in 244 civil defence districts, aim to prepare against potential security threats. 

List Of States And Union Territories Under Mock Drills

Here is a list of the states and Union Territories that will be conducting drills, along with the districts under each:

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

• Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

• Visakhapatnam

Arunachal Pradesh

• Alog (West Siang)
• Itanagar
• Bomdila
• Tawang
• Hayuling

Assam

• Bongaigaon
• Darrang
• Dibrugarh
• Golaghat
• Dhubri
• Karbi-anglong
• Goalpara
• Jorhat
• Sibsagar
• Tinsukia
• Tezpur
• Digboi
• Diliajan
• Guwahati (Dispur)
• Rangia
• Namrup
• Nazira
• North-Lakshimpur
• Numaligarh
• Kokrajhar

Bihar

• Patna
• Barauni
• Katihar
• Begusarai

Chandigarh

Chhattisgarh

• Durg (Bhilai)

Dadra (Silvasa) Daman & Diu

Delhi

• Delhi (including New Delhi and Delhi Cantonment)

Goa

• North Goa (Panaji)
• South Goa (Marmagoa with Vasco Dabolim & Harbour)

Gujarat

• Surat
• Vadodara
• Kakrapar
• Bharuch
• Ahmedabad
• Jamnagar
• Bhuj
• Dangs
• Kutch
• Bhavnagar
• Mehsana
• Narmada
• Nalia
• Navsari
• Ankeleswar
• Okha
• Vadinar

Haryana

• Ambala
• Faridabad
• Jhajjar
• Gurgaon
• Hissar

Himachal Pradesh

• Shimla

Jammu & Kashmir

• Pulwama
• Anantnag
• Badgam
• Baramula
• Doda
• Jammu
• Kargil
• Kathua
• Kupwara
• Leh
• Poonch
• Rajauri
• Srinagar
• Udhampur
• Samba
• Akhnoor
• Uri
• Naushera
• Sunderbani
• Awantipur

Jharkhand

• Ranchi
• Bokaro
• Godda
• Sahebganj
• Jamshedpur

Karnataka

• Bengaluru (Urban)
• Malleshwara
• Raichur
   

Kerala

• Cochin (Kochi)
• Thiruvananthapuram
   

Lakshadweep

Madhya Pradesh

• Bhopal
• Gwalior
• Indore
• Ranchi

Maharashtra

• Mumbai
• Aurangabad
• Raigarh
• Tarapur
• Pune
• Nasik
• Pimpri-Chinchwad
• Ratnagiri
• Sindhudurg

Manipur

• Imphal
• Churachandpur
• Ukhrul
• Moreh
• Ningthou-Khong

Meghalaya

• East Khasi Hill (Shillong)
• Jaintia Hill

Mizoram

Nagaland

• Dimapur

Odisha

• Bhubaneswar
• Gopalpur
• Hirakund
• Paradip
• Rourkela
• Talcher
• Balasore
• Koraput
• Bhadrak
• Dhenkanal
• Jagatsinghpur
• Kendrapara

Puducherry

Punjab

• Ferozepur
• Gurdaspur
• Hosiarpur
• Jalandhar
• Ludhiana
• Patiala
• Pathankot
• Adlampur
• Barnala
• Bhakra-Nangal
• Halwara
• Kothkapur
• Batala
• Mohali (Sasnagar)
• Abohar
• Sangrur

Rajasthan

• Jaipur
• Jaisalmer
• Jodhpur
• Udaipur
• Sikar
• Suratgarh
• Abu Road
• Nasirabad (Ajmer)
• Bhivari
• Rawat-Bhata
• Kota
• Rawatbhata

Sikkim

• Gangtok

Telangan

• Hyderabad

Tripura

• Agartala

Uttar Pradesh

• Agra
• Prayagraj
• Bareilly
• Bagpat
• Bulandshahr
• Ghaziabad
• Gorakhpur
• Jhansi
• Kanpur
• Lucknow
• Mathura
• Meerut
• Moradabad
• Saharanpur
• Varanasi
• Bakshi-Ka-Talab
• Mughalsarai
• Sarsawa

Uttarakhand

• Dehradun

West Bengal

• Coochbehar
• Darjeeling
• Jalpaiguri
• Bardhaman
• Birbhum
• East Medinipur
• Malda
• Siliguri
• Greater Kolkata
• Durgapur
• Howrah
• Haldia
• Hooghly
• Hashimara
• Murshidabad
• Kharagpur
• Burnpur-Asansol
• Farakka-Khejuriaghat
• Chittaranjan

The drills will test air-raid warning systems, practice crash-blackout measures, and camouflage key installations. Civilians will also rehearse evacuation plans. These actions will help ensure everyone knows how to respond quickly during a “hostile attack”, protect vital areas, and safely evacuate if needed. 

This is the first time since the 1971 India-Pak war that such drills are being conducted across the country.