mobile tower norms
The District Education Officer (DEO) in Ahmedabad has asked all schools to remove mobile towers within a month. The DEO had written to all schools in January, asking them to provide details of cellphone towers, terms of contract with mobile phone companies, payment and duration. Sources say there are more than 10 schools in the [...] Continue Reading »
According to an inter-ministerial committee formed by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to study the hazards posed by mobile phones, radiation from mobile phones and towers poses serious health risks, including loss of memory, lack of concentration, disturbance in the digestive system and sleep disturbances. The committee has also attributed the disappearance of [...] Continue Reading »
The residential welfare associations who gladly let out their terraces for erecting cellphone towers are now doing a reality check. The crashing of a cellphone tower in an apartment complex in Raja Annamalaipuram on Tuesday has sent shockwaves among residents and apartment owners association. There are at least 2,000 cellphone towers installed in the city [...] Continue Reading »
According to a survey by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, there were more than 1,000 unauthorized towers in the city at last count.High-power committee examining health hazards lays down ground rules for installation of cell towers. The panel, set up earlier this year to examine health hazards caused by mobile towers, has in its report said [...] Continue Reading »
