Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Mumbai : An October 3 urban development department (UDD) notice proposes to allow mobile tower antennaes three metres away from the boundary of school, college and hospital premises, in sharp contrast with the September 11 draft policy guidelines of the BMC that recommend a minimum 100-m distance. The Department of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramakant Mishra & Ors Vs. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Chhindwara & Ors dated 23/10/2013 regarding location of the mobile phone towers. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/31-2013(CZ)(OA)_23Oct2013.pdf
The state government’s draft policy for installation of cell towers atop buildings has totally ignored the guidelines issued by department of telecommunications (DoT), said activists. Speaking to reporters at the Press Club, activist Prakash Munshi said, “We have conveyed this to the state government officials during our meeting with the …
The umbrella body of GSM mobile phone operators, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), today said in its latest advisory on health risks associated with mobile phones and their base stations that both the World Health Organisation (WHO) and a French government expert group ANSES (Agence Nationale De Securite …
Installing telecom towers in close proximity of inhabited areas should be banned by the Union Government since they could be acting as “silent killers”, said Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta, former Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. Justice Gupta, who is undergoing treatment for brain tumour, claims that he himself is …
Cellphone company fails to shift towers from two crèches, rehabilitation centre For want of study and research, cellphone towers in and around inhabited areas in the city continue to face flak, with residents demanding their shifting to sparsely populated areas. This issue has been hanging fire in the city for …
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) on the haphazard establishment of mobile phone towers in Guwahati. The court has asked the GMC to furnish a reply within December 18. The court was responding to a PIL on ‘‘mobile phone tower radiation’’ filed …
Union minister of state for communications Milind Deora said he was “open” to reducing radiation density for cell towers in the city. The response has come close on the heels of several citizens and activists demanding that radiation levels in Mumbai should be “lowered”. Speaking to TOI, Deora said, “We …
The Mapusa municipal council (MMC) has sent notices to the mobile phone tower companies operating in the municipality's jurisdiction without the civic body's consent, warning erring companies of strict action against them. Sources informed TOI that there are about 70 mobile phone towers in the MMC's jurisdiction, and some among …
Mumbai: Twenty-five professors and researchers mainly from the IITs working in the field of telecommunications have written an open letter to the Centre, stating that the country’s cellphone tower radiation norms are among the safest in the world and there is no reason to change them. But doctors and social …
It is a known fact that the electromagnetic radiation emanating from mobile towers adversely affects the human body. The Department of Tele-communication (DoT) had formed a committee to study the harmful effects of such radiation on the residents of the city as well as the environment. Milind Deora, MP of …
Criticism forces municipality to finalise a long-debated policy on mobile towers, authorising only one on every building. The city’s heritage precinct Khotachiwadi with its quaint East Indian homes is used to battling builders. But now residents are coming together to fight for their very lives. At least three families living …
Recent studies contradict the view that emissions from cell phone cause irreparable damage to health Recent studies in institutions across the world have contradicted reports of radiation from cell phones and their towers damaging the eggs of sparrows, and thereby contributing to their reducing numbers. In the last two years, …
City residents, worried about the presence of a mobile tower in their locality, can now heave a sigh of relief as the same would finally be removed. This comes after a part of the mobile policy was revised and finalized by the administration. According to it, the mobile towers would …
Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed chief secretary Sindh to ensure that cellular phone towers in the city are “regulated and restricted”. A division bench of SHC headed by Chief Justice Mushir Alam gave this direction while hearing the petition filed by Al-Fatima Chambers Welfare Association. The petition was …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Smt. Kanta & Others Vs. Meena Sharma & Others dated 27/08/2013 regarding obtaining consent of Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) under the Noise Rules for the purposes of carrying on the business of stitching of cloth on 02nd and 03rd …
Mumbai: Why is the state government sitting on the policy guidelines to regulate cell tower installation across Maharashtra though they were drafted two years ago, ask citizens from Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli. After the BMC recently drafted a policy to regulate such installations in Mumbai, other cities, second-rung towns …
LUCKNOW: Centre on Thursday told the high court that it had constituted a high-power committee to study ill effects of radiation emitting from mobile towers installed in residential colonies. A division bench of Justice DP Singh and Justice Ashok Pal Singh directed the committee to prepare its report within three …
Two citizens groups in Mumbai are perfect examples of the anti-radiation movement. The F-North Ward Citizens’ Forum in Matunga and the Bandra’s Perry Road Residents’ Association are working towards increasing green cover in their respected areas to tackle cell tower radiation. The F-North Ward Citizens’ Forum is chalking out a …
Large scale tree-cutting, destruction of hills and quarrying, pollution of water bodies and the erection of cellphone towers are taking a toll on the diverse habitats available for birds in the city, said ornithologist Prabhakar Kukdolkar, a former forest department official. “About 410 species of birds have been recorded in …
