Overview
- City agencies held two timed simulations on Monday, May 25: a structural-collapse rescue at Court Naka that ran about 12:29 pm to 12:55 pm and a waterfront drowning exercise at Kopri Visarjan Ghat that ran about 4:00 pm to 4:55 pm.
- Both drills staged multi-agency responses with Thane Nagar Police, the Disaster Management Cell and Thane Disaster Response Force deploying utility vehicles, a TDRF bus and tempo, ambulances, fire tenders and anti-encroachment teams.
- Senior disaster and emergency officers supervised the operations, with Disaster Management Officer Mr Tadvi and senior police and fire officers including Bharat Choudhary, Mr Bondve and Mr Kerkar on site to oversee procedures and crowd control.
- Officials reported each exercise completed without real injuries and that immediate debriefs identified communications and deployment gaps to be corrected through new operational orders and faster inter-departmental protocols.
- The drills target monsoon risks such as flooding at immersion ghats and structural failures, and the municipality says faster, better-coordinated responses and the planned 24/7 emergency cells from early June should reduce harm to residents in vulnerable areas.