Srinagar, April 23 -- Air raid blackout mock drills will be held in few districts of Jammu and Kashmir on, April 23 and 24, to improve emergency response system, said officials.

The mock drills have been announced in the frontier district of Kupwara in north Kashmir on April 24 and south Kashmir's Anantnag on April 23.

"The district administration Kupwara informs the general public that a civil defence air raid blackout mock exercise is scheduled to be conducted on April 24 at 3.30pm (drill) and blackout exercise from 8pm to 8.10pm as a part of district wide emergency preparedness and safety training," said Kupwara district magistrate Shrikant Balasaheb Suse in a public notice.

"This exercise aims to familiarise citizens with emergency...