After a night of drone sightings and blackouts, sirens were again heard in Rajasthan’s border district of Barmer on Saturday morning, and a red alert was issued. A red alert was also issued in Ganganagar district.
“High red alert! Everyone is ordered to immediately to go to their houses. Markets are to be closed and all movement is to be stopped. Urgent… Immediate enforcement to be ensured,” Barmer District Magistrate Tina Dabi said in a release.
She also put out a voice message, urging people out on the streets to return to their homes. “It’s a high red alert in the district. Everyone, please go home immediately and do not stay in markets or other public places,” she said.
While shops had opened in the morning in the Barmer city market, police were seen going from shop to shop, asking for them to be shut down. Subsequently, people in the markets were seen rushing home as sirens blared.
This comes after drones were sighted and loud explosions were heard the previous night in Jaisalmer and Barmer districts of Rajasthan.
Debris, suspected to be from Pakistan’s overnight strike attempts, were found in different parts of the state in the morning.
Inspector Ran Singh of Sankara police station in Jaisalmer told The Indian Express that after finding debris in the area, nearby hamlets and villages have been evacuated.
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In Pareu village in Bayatu of Barmer, residents heard loud sounds at 4 am, and later found debris.
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