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Air Raid Sirens - GHUGGU

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Air Raid Sirens or the locals at shimla and around himachal call it GHUGGU (घुग्गू ) . These part of our magnificent history which have embraced the time of World war 1 and 2 . Have seen several wars . Been used to alert people at time of emergency. Today i would like to show you part of our history in this blog because one of the air raid siren is also in jutogh town . It used to be near the old mosque and today's police station. These air raid sirens have a vast history i would like to give glimpse of the same. A  civil defense siren  (also known as an  air-raid siren  or  tornado siren ) is a  siren  used to provide  emergency population warning  of approaching danger and sometimes to indicate when the danger has passed. Some (that are mostly located in small towns) are also used to call the volunteer fire department to go fight a fire. Initially designed to warn city dwellers of  air raids  in World War II, they were adapted to warn of nuclear attack and of natural destr