In 2024, the Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT) recorded 393 natural hazard-related disasters. These events caused 16,753 fatalities and affected 167.2 million people. Economic losses totaled US$241.95 billion. The year 2024 was marked by extreme temperature events in Asia that caused thousands of deaths, severe droughts in Africa affecting over 25 …
The Allahabad High Court has directed mobile companies to adhere to the guidelines issued by the Central Government while installing mobile towers. The guidelines provide that the mobile towers must not be installed in 100-metre radius of schools, hospitals and residential colonies. Passing the above directive, a division bench, comprising …
The Indian Council of Medical Research has taken up a long-term study on the use of mobile phones and whether they cause health risks, said its Deputy Director General R.S. Sharma. “We have taken up the study to find out whether use of cell phones cause neurological, behavioural, and other …
More Than 3K Illegal Towers In City, Says Civic Body’s Website Mumbai: Anti-radiation activists have demanded that cell towers in the city not under litigation should be razed immediately. The BMC released a comprehensive list of 3,618 illegal cell towers in Mumbai on its website on Monday. Sources hinted that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramakant Mishra & Ors Vs. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Chhindwara & Ors dated 17/12/2013 regarding raising the construction of the Mobile Antenna Tower. This matter arises out of a suit initially filed before the Civil Court at Chhindwara wherein the …
Government has finally unveiled a host of guidelines to regulate installation of mobile base-station towers in the State and has put in place a high-level state-level telecom committee headed by Chief Secretary to address public grievances relating to the towers and issues related to telecom infrastructure. A government notification now …
Mumbai : A former World Health Organisation (WHO) expert on electromagnetic field has slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) draft policy, which bans cellphone towers on schools and hospitals. Professor Michael Repacholi, who was in the city Monday, said that such a policy is based on ignorance. “When the tower …
PANAJI: The government has proposed strict guidelines for the setting up of site-specific mobile base station towers (MBSTs) in the state in response to an increase in use of cellphones and wireless communication and fears over radiation to public health. The department of science, technology and environment has issued the …
Noida: Relocation of hazardous mobile towers installed in residential areas will soon be started by Noida Authority to ensure that residents, especially children, do not stay exposed to the perils of electromagnetic radiation. Considering the gravity of the issue, the Authority has formed a team to relocate mobile towers from …
Rejects popular belief that biggest threat to the species is from mobile tower radiations Contrary to the popular notion that radiations from mobile towers are the biggest enemy of house sparrows, the species is rather being pushed towards extinction by large-scale use of pesticides. These results have been established by …
The popularity of cell phone and wireless communication devices has resulted in a proliferation of cell towers across the country. Fixation of standards for exposure limits of radio frequency field emissions from mobile base stations, monitoring their compliance, all radiation related technical issues and issues of Access Service License / …
Mumbai: Union minister of state for communications Milind Deora has written to the state, asking it to ensure that the new policy on mobile towers doesn’t “completely bypass” the guidelines of the Centre and the BMC. “I urge you to incorporate the department of telecommunications’ (DoT) guidelines and the final …
Telecom and tower firms have demanded uniform tower guidelines across Maharashtra. They should be in tandem with the procedure of the Centre, the companies said. The Department of Telecommunications had issued the guidelines in August. But the companies feel the civic and State policies vary. “The guidelines recognise that mobile …
Not a single cellphone tower in Mumbai is illegal, claimed the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), suggesting that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been sitting on applications for 4,578 cellphone towers that have already been installed. According to official figures from the civic body released in September, there …
The city has 4,578 cellphone towers that are yet to get the BMC's clearance. Calling it a serious issue, anti-radiation activist Girish Kumar said the "illegal" towers can pose a health hazard to thousands of people. But the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) called the towers legal. Its director …
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 …
