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 …
The flipside of the BMC policy banning installation of cellular phone towers atop and around hospitals has come to the fore. Doctors complained deactivation of towers at Lilavati Hospital was causing connectivity problems, so much that communication on the premises had become difficult affecting patient care. Relatives of several patients …
The Supreme Court on Monday extended by three weeks the January 27 deadline set by the Rajasthan High Court to remove mobile phone towers installed overhead or in the vicinity of schools, hospitals and playgrounds. Hearing an appeal by the telecom operators against the high court order of November 27, …
Illegal and clandestine transmissions by private players at levels much higher than the telecom regulator-prescribed 20 Watt are leading to problems in the city, says a preliminary report by KEM Hospital submitted to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). “If the cell companies put up towers at the specified limit, they will …
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) plans to carry out a survey of cell towers in the city to identify unauthorised towers. The building permission department has submitted a proposal to the standing committee to appoint an agency for the survey. The proposal is expected to come up before the …
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, resident associations tired of complaining to the government about radiations from cell towers have now decided to take matters into their own hands: they are going for their own detectors to check radiation in their area. The move comes at a time when state governments and …
These are the revised policy guidelines for installation of mobile towers in the city of Mumbai published by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. On the basis of revised guidelines issued by Dept. of Telecommunication, Govt. of India, for erection of Mobile Towers in the month of Sept 2012, Municipal Corporation …
New Delhi: Telecom operators on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Rajasthan High Court’s order that asked them to remove all mobile phone towers — suspected to be potential health hazards due to the radiation they emit — falling in the vicinity of schools, hospitals, playgrounds and densely populated …
Citing a possibility of severe disruption in cellular services in the state, telecom operators on Friday moved the Supreme Court against a Rajasthan High Court’s order on removal of all mobile phone towers, installed overhead or in the vicinity of schools, hospitals and playgrounds. The operators mentioned the matter before …
New Delhi: Your fear about excessive use of mobile phones causing serious health problems was not ill-founded after all. Months after World Health Organization classified radiofrequency electromagnetic field (EMF) as ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’, another global report has redflagged the use of such technology, citing health risks, including growth of …
Prolonged exposure to radiation from cellphone towers, other wireless technologies can cause imbalance in immune system, metabolism, reproductive system warns this report by the BioInitiative Working Group 2012 based on 1,800 new scientific studies. Today, the BioInitiative 2012 report updates five years of science, public health, public policy and global …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the response of American Tower Corporation on a plea alleging that mobile phone towers across the country are being installed in violation of stipulated guidelines. A bench comprising acting chairperson Justice A S Naidu and expert member PC Mishra issued notice to the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought the response of American Tower Corporation Ltd on a plea alleging that mobile phone towers across the country are being installed in violation of stipulated guidelines. A bench comprising acting Chairperson Justice A S Naidu and expert member P C Mishra issued notice …
Terraces that will have new cellphone towers will be out of bounds for residents of those buildings as well as for outsiders, say the new Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) draft policy. According to the draft policy, a warning board will be put up at the entry of the terrace, explaining …
Industry lobbies representing India’s tower operators and mobile phone companies offering services on both the GSM and CDMA technology platforms have told the government that the recent Rajasthan High Court verdict calling for the removal of mobile towers from schools, hospitals, jails and heritage buildings is “completely erroneous” as it …
Even as there is growing concern among Mumbaikars over electromagnetic (EM) radiation from cellphone towers, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has gone slow in giving clearance for new towers. An estimated 1,000 applications for new towers are pending with the BMC, while around 1,800 towers have been declared illegal. The …
With the state Legislative Assembly in session, the civic administration has suggested that a special ordinance be passed to lift the stay order on illegal mobile towers in the city. Proposing various guidelines in the draft policy for installation of mobile towers, the BMC said the HC orders directing status …
Telecom operators in the city have been issued notices for their cell towers emitting more than the prescribed radiation. "We have told them to lower radiation levels immediately or face closure of the towers and a fine of Rs 5 lakh for each," said a senior Department of Telecommunications (DoT) …
JAIPUR: In support of the telecom industry, Union minister for communication and information technology Kapil Sibal has told Rajasthan government about the negative impacts of removing cell phone towers in the state. In his communique to the chief minister Ashok Gehlot in the last week of November, Sibal expressed his …
The Indian Council of Medical Research has commenced a cohort study to examine whether use of cell phone is associated with neurological disorders, reproductive dysfunctions, cardiovascular disorders, ontological disorders and promote cancers if any. As per the recommendations of Inter Ministerial Committee on EMF Radiation, the radio frequency emission level …
The Centre on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that an expert panel was looking into whether mobile phone providers had violated guidelines put in place for issuing licences for installation of signal towers. In an affidavit filed before a Division Bench in reply to a public interest litigation seeking …
