Gurugram deputy commissioner Ajay Kumar, who led the initiative, monitored the entire drill from a central control room set up at the Mini Secretariat. The Tau Devi Lal Stadium served as the command staging area, from where five task forces led by senior officers were deployed
The members pointed out that despite repeated submissions of field reports to the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and even Haryana cabinet minister Rao Narbir Singh, no meaningful mitigation plan has been put in place
One of the biggest changes is a crackdown on ahatas, with a new cap of 1,000 square metres per establishment. Live music and other performances are now banned at these venues, and operating hours have been curtailed—closing time has been advanced from 8am to 4am