Disaster management related Mock Exercise Scenario in non-aviation domain held in LGBI Airport
Guwahati,Rongili Barta: A two days disaster management related Mock Exercise based on multi hazard scenario in non-aviation domain was conducted on November 18 & 19, 2025 at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati. The exercise was organized in alignment with the Airport Emergency Plan and the guidelines issued by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).
It was a joint activity by NDMA in collaboration with Guwahati International Airport Limited (GIAL) and supported by other stakeholders like ASDMA, NDRF, SDRF, DDMA (Kamrup Metro and Kamrup Rural), BSF, CISF, Health, PHE, PWD (Building), Water Resources etc. to evaluate the strength and co-ordination among stakeholders for effective response during an aviation emergency.
The full scale mock exercise was executed at the operational area of LGBI Airport following a pre-defined aviation emergency scenario which includes:
- Activation of Airport Emergency Plan.
- Information Dissemination to the DEOC, DDMA, Kamrup (Metro) from AECC.
- Deployment of Response Forces.
- Mock Exercise on Earthquake Scenario, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN), Fire incident and different search and rescue skills were demonstrated.
Speaking on this occasion, Smt. L. Sweety Changsan, IAS, Addl. Chief Secretary, Revenue & DM Department, Govt. of Assam and Chief Executive Officer, ASDMA during chairing the de-briefing session today said that it was an engaging exercise giving the stakeholders the food for thought on strengthening preparedness plan, coordination and capacity to face the emergency situation. Mock exercises of such nature should be organised more often so that stakeholders imbibe the practice of emergency planning and operations reaching to the most affected areas during any disaster.
The exercise was followed by a de-briefing session also identifying the gaps during the exercise that to be addressed through continuous capacity building, revision of emergency SOP’s and multi-agency mock exercise. The debriefing was also attended by Major General (Rtd.) Ajay Kumar Verma, Sr. Consultant, NDMA, New Delhi, S. S. Panwar, DIG, BFS, senior officials from NDRF, GIAL, Dr. Jiwan Krishna Goswami, ACS, Co District Commissioner (CDC), Jalukbari, Kamrup, the senior most officials of all the stakeholders departments of the Assam government.