Kohima, April 30 -- The 8th edition of the Nagaland Emergency Preparedness Exercise (NEPEX) 2026, organised by the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority, was successfully conducted on Thursday.

Debriefing media persons at the State Emergency Operation Centre, Kohima, Home Commissioner Nagaland, Abhijit Sinha stated that the state conducted the 8th edition of the mock disaster exercise, NEPEX (focused on disaster response systems). He said that the exercise primarily tested Nagaland's preparedness for a major earthquake, chosen because earthquakes are unpredictable, high-impact disasters, making them ideal for evaluating the overall effectiveness of response systems....