Mega security drills across India: Full-list of 244 cities where exercise will be held today

Mock drills will be held at 244 locations across India on Wednesday. Here is the full list of cities where the drills will begin at 4 p.m. today.

A large-scale nationwide mock drill, codenamed ‘Operation Abhyaas,’ will be conducted today at 244 locations across India to “assess preparedness for emerging and complex threats.” Scheduled to begin at 4 pm, the drills will help assess the response to emergency events such as air raids, blackouts, and evacuations.

Local NGO and scout volunteers conduct a mock drill at the Bara Tooti Chowk in Sadar Bazar Market in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT)

Full list of cities where mock drills will take place -

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Port Blair – Category-I

Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam – Category-I

Arunachal Pradesh

Alog (West Siang) – Category-I

Bomdila – Category-III

Itanagar – Category-I

Tawang – Category-I

Assam

Bongaigaon - Category-I

Dibrugarh - Category-I

Digboi - Category-I

Dhubri - Category-I

Goalpara - Category-I

Guwahati (Dispur) - Category-I

Hayuling - Category-I

Jorhat - Category-I

Namrup - Category-I

Nazira - Category-I

North-Lakhimpur - Category-I

Numaligarh - Category-I

Rangia - Category-I

Sibsagar - Category-I

Tinsukia - Category-I

Tezpur - Category-I

Darrang - Category-II

Golaghat - Category-II

Karbi Anglong - Category-II

Kokrajhar - Category-II

Bihar

Barauni - Category-I

Begusarai - Category-I

Katihar - Category-I

Patna - Category-I

Purnea - Category-I

Chandigarh

Chandigarh – Category-I

Chhattisgarh

Durg (Bhilai) – Category-I

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Silvasa – Category-I

Daman & Diu

Daman – Category-I

Delhi

Delhi (including New Delhi & Cantonment) – Category-I

Goa

North Goa (Panaji) – Category-I

South Goa (Mormugao with Vasco, Dabolim, Harbour) – Category-I

Gujarat

Ahmedabad - Category-I

Ankleshwar - Category-I

Bhavnagar - Category-I

Gandhinagar - Category-I

Jamnagar - Category-I

Kakrapar - Category-I

Kandla - Category-I

Nalia - Category-I

Okha - Category-I

Surat - Category-I

Vadodara - Category-I

Vadinar - Category-I

Bharuch - Category-II

Dangs - Category-II

Kutch - Category-II

Mehsana - Category-II

Narmada - Category-II

Navsari - Category-II

Haryana

Ambala - Category-I

Faridabad - Category-I

Gurgaon - Category-I

Hissar - Category-I

Panchkula - Category-I

Panipat - Category-I

Rohtak - Category-I

Sirsa - Category-I

Sonepat - Category-I

Yamunanagar - Category-I

Jhajjar - Category-II

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla – Category-I

Jammu & Kashmir

Akhnoor - Category-I

Anantnag - Category-I

Awantipur - Category-I

Badgam - Category-I

Baramulla - Category-I

Doda - Category-I

Jammu - Category-I

Kargil - Category-I

Kathua - Category-I

Kupwara - Category-I

Leh - Category-I

Poonch - Category-I

Pulwama - Category-I

Rajauri - Category-I

Samba - Category-I

Srinagar - Category-I

Sunderbani - Category-I

Udhampur - Category-I

Uri - Category-I

Naushera - Category-I

Jharkhand

Bokaro – Category-I

Gomio – Category-I

Jamshedpur – Category-I

Ranchi – Category-I

Godda – Category-II

Sahebganj – Category-II

Karnataka

Bengaluru (Urban) – Category-I

Malleshwaram – Category-I

Raichur – Category-I

Kerala

Cochin (Kochi) – Category-I

Thiruvananthapuram – Category-I

Lakshadweep

Kavaratti – Category-I

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal – Category-I

Gwalior – Category-I

Indore – Category-I

Jabalpur – Category-I

Katni – Category-I

Maharashtra

Aurangabad - Category-II

Bhusawal - Category-II

Mumbai - Category-I

Nasik - Category-I

Pimpri-Chinchwad - Category-I

Pune - Category-I

Ratnagiri - Category-II

Raigarh - Category-II

Rohn-Dhatao-Nagothane - Category-I

Sinner - Category-I

Sindhudurg - Category-II

Tarapur - Category-I

Thane - Category-I

Thal-Vayshot - Category-I

Uran - Category-I

Manipur

Churachandpur – Category-I

Imphal – Category-I

Moreh – Category-I

Ningthoukhong – Category-I

Ukhrul – Category-I

Meghalaya

East Khasi Hill (Shillong) – Category-I

Jaintia Hill (Jawai) – Category-I

West Garo Hill (Tura) – Category-I

Mizoram

Aizawl – Category-I

Nagaland

Dimapur - Category-I

Kohima - Category-I

Kiphire - Category-I

Mokokchung - Category-I

Mon - Category-I

Peren - Category-I

Tuensang - Category-I

Wokha - Category-I

Zunheboto - Category-I

Odisha

Balasore - Category-I

Bhadrak - Category-II

Bhubaneswar - Category-I

Dhenkanal - Category-II

Gopalpur - Category-I

Hirakud - Category-I

Jagatsinghpur - Category-II

Kendrapara - Category-II

Koraput - Category-I

Paradip - Category-I

Rourkela - Category-I

Talcher - Category-I

Puducherry

Puducherry – Category-I

Punjab

Abohar - Category-I

Amritsar - Category-I

Adampur - Category-I

Barnala - Category-I

Batala - Category-I

Bhatinda - Category-I

Bhakra-Nangal - Category-I

Faridpur - Category-I

Ferozepur - Category-I

Gurdaspur - Category-I

Hoshiarpur - Category-I

Jalandhar - Category-I

Ludhiana - Category-I

Mohali (SAS Nagar) - Category-I

Patiala - Category-I

Pathankot - Category-I

Ropar - Category-I

Sangrur - Category-I

Sirsa - Category-I

Rajasthan

Abu Road - Category-I

Ajmer - Category-I

Alwar - Category-I

Barmer - Category-I

Bharatpur - Category-I

Beawar (Ajmer) - Category-I

Bikaner - Category-I

Bhilwara - Category-I

Bundi - Category-I

Ganganagar - Category-I

Hanumangarh - Category-I

Jaipur - Category-I

Jaisalmer - Category-I

Jalore - Category-I

Jodhpur - Category-I

Kota - Category-I

Lalgarh (Ganganagar) - Category-I

Nagaur (Merta Road) - Category-I

Nasirabad (Ajmer) - Category-I

Phulera (Jaipur) - Category-I

Pali - Category-I

Rawatbhata - Category-I

Sikar - Category-I

Suratgarh - Category-I

Udaipur - Category-I

Sawi Madhopur - Category-I

Nasirabad - Category-I

Sikkim

Gangtok – Category-I

Tamil Nadu

Chennai – Category-I

Kalpakkam – Category-I

Telangana

Hyderabad – Category-I

Tripura

Agartala – Category-I

Uttar Pradesh

Agra - Category-I

Allahabad - Category-I

Bakshi-Ka-Talab - Category-I

Bareilly - Category-I

Bagpat - Category-I

Bulandshahr (Narora) - Category-I

Ghaziabad - Category-I

Gorakhpur - Category-I

Jhansi - Category-I

Kanpur - Category-I

Lucknow - Category-I

Mathura - Category-I

Meerut - Category-I

Mughalsarai - Category-I

Moradabad - Category-I

Muzaffarnagar - Category-I

Saharanpur - Category-I

Sarsawa - Category-I

Varanasi - Category-I

Uttarakhand

Dehradun – Category-I

West Bengal

Alipurduar - Category-I

Bardhaman - Category-I

Balurghat - Category-I

Birbhum - Category-I

Burnpur-Asansol - Category-I

Cooch Behar - Category-I

Darjeeling - Category-I

Dinhata - Category-I

East & West Medinipur - Category-I

Farakka-Khejuriaghat - Category-I

Greater Kolkata - Category-I

Haldia - Category-I

Hashimara - Category-I

Hooghly - Category-I

Howrah - Category-I

Jadavpur - Category-I

Kolar - Category-I

Malda - Category-I

Murshidabad - Category-I

Midnapur - Category-I

Nadia - Category-I

North 24 Parganas - Category-I

South 24 Parganas - Category-I

South Howrah - Category-I

Siliguri - Category-I

South & North Dinajpur - Category-I