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Mumbai: Residents of south Mumbai may hear sirens on Thursday and Friday as BMC will conduct tests of prototype siren systems installed at two buildings in Fort. The sirens will be tested at the Old Secretariat, including its adjoining building in Fort, and the Civil Defence College building near Cross Maidan, BMC said on Wednesday.