Watch: Rajasthan’s Golden Jaisalmer Fort Goes Dark During Mock Drill

New Delhi:

The Jaisalmer Fort in Rajasthan confronted blackout as a part of the mock drill carried out, on the orders of the Ministry of House Affairs, in view of rising India-Pakistan tensions. The gleaming golden sandstone partitions and buildings of Jaisalmer Fort have been coated in darkness as all lights have been turned off. The Jaisalmer Fort, also referred to as Sonar Quila (Golden Fort), is normally illuminated at evening, making a mesmerising golden glow that’s seen from miles away.

#WATCH | Rajasthan: Second of blackout at Jaisalmer Fort in Jaisalmer, as a part of the mock drill ordered by the MHA.

(Earlier visuals) pic.twitter.com/MCW7Mwhn71

— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2025

Rajasthan has over 1,000 km lengthy border with Pakistan. Since final night, there was a heightened sense of alert in Rajasthan. Throughout a blackout, all automobiles on the street stood nonetheless and waited for the following sign.

All border districts, together with Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur, and Ganganagar, have been requested to go in for a blackout, beginning midnight and lasting until 4 am. If individuals have inverters, they’ve been requested to show off the lights. All hospitals, together with Public Well being Centres (PHCs) and Neighborhood Well being Centres (CHCs), are guaranteeing they’ve enough medicines and inventory of important medical provides.

All faculties in border districts are shut.

India Prepares With Mock Drills

The mock drill adopted India’s early morning Pahalgam counterstrike ‘Operation Sindoor’, the place India carried out 24 precision missile strikes on 9 terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK). The 9 terror camps have been strongholds of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).

The Operation Sindoor began at 1:05 am and lasted for 25 minutes, killing 70 terrorists and injuring 60. The strikes have been in response to the phobia assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam during which 26 civilians have been killed, together with a Nepali nationwide.

A nationwide civil defence mock drill was carried out at 244 areas on Wednesday, together with 100 delicate ‘civil defence districts’ like nuclear crops, navy bases, refineries, and hydroelectric dams. Shrill air raid sirens, simulated explosions and blackouts, and firefighting and evacuation drills have been the centre of consideration.

Mock drills have been carried out at 55 locations within the nationwide capital Delhi, together with the airport and the Reserve Financial institution of India, in addition to high-footfall public areas like Chandni Chowk and Khan Market. At Khan Market, a siren was sounded and other people evacuated to a delegated secure space.

#WATCH | A complete mock drill is being carried out at Delhi’s Khan Market.

MHA has ordered a nationwide mock drill right this moment. pic.twitter.com/W2qbkNwanD

— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2025

Visuals shared by information company ANI confirmed a fireplace truck and an ambulance navigating the slim roads across the market, emergency companies carrying injured individuals out on stretchers and firefighters speeding to douse the flames.

Visuals from Mumbai’s Cross Maidan present residents following procedures throughout air strikes and rescuing individuals.

#WATCH | Mumbai, Maharashtra: A mock drill is being carried out at Mumbai’s Cross Maidan.

MHA has ordered a nationwide mock drill right this moment. pic.twitter.com/907WmftjEL

— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2025