New Delhi, Feb. 15: The national capital Delhi witnessed one of the biggest coordinated mock drills on Wednesday. In this Mock drill disaster management agencies have been checking the alertness and preparedness of various other agencies by creating simulated situations across the city involving schools, colleges, metro network, malls, markets, hospitals and road transport.
According to the PTI the mock drills were conducted in several places, including at six Metro stations, across the national Capital by the National Disaster Management Authority and Delhi Disaster Management Authority at 11.30 am to 12.00 pm.
The main motive of the mock drill was to chick the preparedness of the agencies in the event of an earthquake with a high intensity of 7.2 on Richter scale.
The six metro stations of Delhi metro network Khan Market, Chattarpur, Inderlok and Kakardooma were closed for over half-an-hour and road traffic in many areas in Central, South and North Delhi were diverted as part of the exercise, causing inconvenience.
They created a number of simulated situations like collapse of flyovers, crack in metro pillars, damage to hospitals and collapse of residential buildings.
Officials from all the important emergency support functionary departments like police, MCD, DMRC, Health department, Delhi Jal Board and Food and Civil Supplies have been coordinating with senior officials of all the nine districts to make the drill a success.
Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) officials told that the mock drill was first of its kind in the entire country during which "we had create a number of simulated situations like collapse of flyovers, crack in metro pillars, damage to hospitals and collapse of residential buildings due to an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale".
The DDMA told that officials from all the important Emergency Support Functionary departments like police, MCD, DMRC, Health department, Delhi Jal Board and Food and Civil Supplies have been coordinating with senior officials of all the nine districts to make the drill a success.
New Delhi, Feb. 15: The national capital Delhi witnessed one of the biggest coordinated mock drills on Wednesday. In this Mock drill disaster management agencies have been checking the alertness and preparedness of various other agencies by creating simulated situations across the city involving schools, colleges, metro network, malls, markets, hospitals and road transport.
According to the PTI the mock drills were conducted in several places, including at six Metro stations, across the national Capital by the National Disaster Management Authority and Delhi Disaster Management Authority at 11.30 am to 12.00 pm.
The main motive of the mock drill was to chick the preparedness of the agencies in the event of an earthquake with a high intensity of 7.2 on Richter scale.
The six metro stations of Delhi metro network Khan Market, Chattarpur, Inderlok and Kakardooma were closed for over half-an-hour and road traffic in many areas in Central, South and North Delhi were diverted as part of the exercise, causing inconvenience.
They created a number of simulated situations like collapse of flyovers, crack in metro pillars, damage to hospitals and collapse of residential buildings. The officials from all the important emergency support functionary departments like police, MCD, DMRC, Health department, Delhi Jal Board and Food and Civil Supplies have been coordinating with senior officials of all the nine districts to make the drill a success.
Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) officials told that the mock drill was first of its kind in the entire country during which "we had create a number of simulated situations like collapse of flyovers, crack in metro pillars, damage to hospitals and collapse of residential buildings due to an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale".
