Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Amid ongoing Operation Sindoor and heightened national security concerns, the state home department has issued comprehensive directives to all district administrations to ramp up disaster preparedness and emergency response.
District collectors have been instructed to ensure availability of life-saving drugs at all hospitals and keep doctors and paramedical staff on full attendance.
Blood banks must be stocked with all blood groups. Hospitals and schools must be ready to serve as temporary shelters in case of evacuation or crisis. Vigil has been tightened on social media, with instructions to act against provocative content and false narratives. Food, fuel, water, and medical essentials must be adequately stocked. The Public Health Engineering (PHE) department has been told to ensure uninterrupted water supply.
Security protocols are being reinforced around critical infrastructure including hospitals, power plants, fuel depots and religious places. Fire brigades are to remain on standby, while telecom services must remain uninterrupted with district-level coordination with service providers.
The administration has been told to activate public address systems, including sirens, to ensure quick alerts. NGOs, NCC, NSS, and Home Guards will be mobilised for relief efforts. The PWD will ensure roads remain motorable and the Electricity Department must guarantee power supply continuity. Even industrial and production units are to remain functional during any emergency, the directive stated.
Precautions
Medical Readiness: Hospitals must have life-saving drugs available.
Full attendance of doctors and paramedics ensured. Blood banks to be stocked with all blood groups.
Emergency Shelters: Schools and hospitals to serve as temporary shelters.
Social Media Vigilance: Strict monitoring to curb provocative or false content.
Essential Supplies: Food, fuel, water, and medical essentials to be stocked.
Critical Infrastructure Security: Increased security around hospitals, power plants, fuel depots, and religious sites.
Emergency Response Forces: NGOs, NCC, NSS, and Home Guards to be mobilised.
PHE to ensure continuous water supply.
Electricity Department to ensure uninterrupted power.
PWD to ensure roads are motorable.
Industrial units to remain operational during emergencies.
Public address systems like sirens to be activated.
Telecom services to remain uninterrupted with coordination.
