DSS Conducts Tsunami Mock Drill at Marine Dockyard in Sri Vijaya Puram

Sri Vijaya Puram | May 13, 2026

The Directorate of Shipping Services (DSS) performed a Tsunami Mock Drill on the Marine Dockyard in Sri Vijaya Puram on Tuesday as a part of its catastrophe preparedness and emergency response initiatives.

The train was carried out below the supervision of the Nodal Officer (Disaster Management), DSS, and noticed lively participation from workers of the Marine Dockyard in addition to distributors working throughout the dockyard premises.

During the drill, a complete of 642 personnel have been efficiently evacuated to the designated shelter level. The mock state of affairs, which was activated on May 12, concerned the mustering of all personnel at designated meeting factors adopted by an orderly evacuation to the protected shelter at Marine Hill.

As a part of the simulation, rescue groups additionally carried out evacuation procedures for mock injured individuals, who have been supplied first support earlier than being shifted to security by the response group.

The total train was performed in a coordinated method below the general supervision of the Marine Engineer, Marine Dockyard, DSS, demonstrating efficient catastrophe response mechanisms and inter-agency coordination.

Following the completion of the drill and declaration of normalcy, all personnel safely returned to their respective workstations throughout the dockyard.

The Directorate of Shipping Services reiterated its dedication to making sure the protection of personnel and belongings by common preparedness workout routines geared toward strengthening readiness and resilience towards tsunamis and different pure disasters.