Two days after the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan followed by the shelling and counter attacks on the neighbouring country, aftermath of Operation Sindoor, the government has put Delhi on high alert.
The security has been reinforced with additional forces, and police are actively monitoring law and order in the national capital.
According to the official release, the director of civil defence on Friday will be testing the Air Raid Sirens installed at PWD HQ, ITO at 3 pm.
“The testing will commence at 3.00 PM and will be carried out for 15-20 minutes. Accordingly, it is requested that adequate publicity may be made through social and electronic media so that the general public is advised to stay calm and not to panic during the said exercise,” the press release stated.
Earlier during the wee hours of intervening night of May 8 and 9, visitors at the India Gate were asked to leave and evacuate the place as soon as possible in the backdrop of attacks by Pakistan in the various areas of the country including Jammu, Punjab, and Rajasthan where heavy shelling was reported while the air defence system of Delhi defused all of the drone missiles and other threat mid air.
Meanwhile, New Delhi Deputy Commissioner Devesh Mahala said that this was the standard practice to keep the C Hexagon traffic jam-free. “There is nothing new. Anyone can come tomorrow and see it. Police will stay alert and will keep active. Night vigil has been intensified,” he said.
He further added, “We will deploy extra force in every sensitive area.”
On May 8, the situation escalated with Pakistan attacking various areas in Punjab and Jammu with missiles which were later unsterilized by the Indian defence system followed by a befitting response by sending drope missiles to the various cities of Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Pakistan on Friday rejected reports in the Indian media that it had attacked multiple places in India, saying such claims are “entirely unfounded” and part of a “reckless propaganda campaign”.
