New Delhi:
Delhi will witness one of the biggest coordinated mockdrills on Wednesday through which preparedness of various agencies will be checked by creating simulated situations across the city involving schools, colleges, metro network, malls, markets, hospitals and road transport.
A number of metro stations will be closed for up to half-an-hour and road traffic will be converted in many areas of Central, South and North Delhi as part of the exercise which is being organised to test check Delhi's disaster response mechanism in the event of a high-intensity earthquake.
Commuters in metro, bus transport as well as motorists are set to face inconvenience because of the mega mockdrill to be held between 11:30 am and 2 pm.
Revenue department officials said the drill will be first of its kind in the entire country during which "we will 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".
Delhi Disaster Management Authority officials said Khan Market, Chattarpur, Inderlok and Kakardooma Metro stations will be closed for up to half-an-hour during the mockdrill while traffic will be diverted in many places across the city.
They said 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.