Friday, November 4, 2011

400 cops stage mock drills at ISRO, Taj Gateway in Ahmedabad


After Wednesday night's much publicized mock-drill at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), cops in the city carried out a similar but silent exercise at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Satellite and Taj Gateway Hotel near airport in Hansol on Thursday evening.
According to sources, more than 400 cops from different security agencies took part in the massive exercise. At 7pm Thursday, National Security Agency (NSG) jawans, Chetak commandos, Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) marched along with hundreds of local police officers marched in at the locations.
Unlike their exercise at IIMA, cops decided not to impede normal traffic movement. On Wednesday, roads to IIMA were blocked during peak hours leading to chaotic traffic jams.
The mock drills are being conducted to assess various factors during crisis, said sources. The exercise checks response time, vigilance and irons out the grey areas which can pose a threat in the face of a real situation.
"We will be doing a review after the exercises are done. This way, we can find out how prepared are we to handle crisis such as a terror attack," said a senior cop.

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