The government has issued an advisory to all news channels to refrain from using the 'Civil Defence Air Raid Sirens' sound in their programmes, as the sound is only used for community awareness drives, a senior MHA official said on Saturday.
The routine use of sirens may likely to reduce the sensitivity of civilians towards the Air Raid Sirens and civilians may misunderstand it as routine matter, used by the media channels, during the actual air raids, he said.