Are We living in fools Paradise !!
DoT has announced Acceptance of Recommendation made by the Inter-Ministrial Committee ( IMC ) were accepted by Government and directions in this regard were issued to the Mobile operators vide DoT letter no. 800-15/2010-VAS (pt.) dated 10.04.2012 making the new norms applicable from 01.09.2012, so that the Telecom Service Providers may adjust their networks to comply with the new norms. How ever IMC recommended for lowering the mobile towers' EMF exposure limits to 1/10th. of the existing prescribed limit as a matter of abundance precaution & recommended the following limits:
Type of Exposure Frequency Range Power density
Watts/sq.mtr.
General Public 400-2000 MHz f/2000
2 - 3000 GHz 1
f: frequency in MHz
The new norms for towers, which came into on September 1. have made the radiation limit more stringent by reducing it from 9.2 w/sq.m to 0.92 w/sqm. a 10 fold decrease .
There are around 4.5 lakhs telecom towers in India. The DG of Cellular Operators Association India ( COAI ) opined that due to lowering the radiation limit, decrease in power supply to the towers which will bring down radiation levels. While this solves the compliance problem, it means the coverage area of each tower goes down .
To achieve the new norms why Telecom companies will manually decrease the power supplied to the towers ? Who will monitor ? Self Audit report by cell Operators will be another corruption ? Why TERM Cell / DOT not entrusted for measuring & monitoring through out the country. Let us go back to Land Line Phone by developing its Technology for better services. Let us "Quit Cell Phone " as we are not fit to use this technology by our ill motive & earn money by corrupt means . In all State Govts. many guide lines are issued in the form of Office Orders by Principal Secretaries of Deptt. of Environment. Out of 4.5 lakhs of Cell Towers in India more than 50% are illegally installed. The local bodies such as municipal corporation, Gram Panchayats are not having exact no. of cell towers in their areas. These local bodies are loosing huge revenue due to a racket of corruption exits inside these offices , the staffs of local bodies & Police stations just keeping quite even any body lodge complaints.
By new norms reducing power by 1/10th the DOT has opened another front to have more cell towers which will mushroomed over the Roof tops in residential areas. Why DoT not asking the Cell operators to install highly mounted towers away from residential areas like USA & European countries where Towers are not shamelessly displaying on roof tops except on sky scraper buildings ? Becoz. it is costlier on land than erecting on roof tops. Our Govt. has no bold directive towards the cell operators due to fear of loosing huge revenue & cut money , where in Western world there is no so much chaos among public in Western countries for cell tower's effects of health hazards from its radiation & there is no much violation of Govt. Guide lines , where in India the guide lines are framed to remain in papers , none to check at random ,but cell operators work up to obtaining permission from SACFA but a very few take legal permission from local bodies.
I have no confidence in this new norms of lowering the mobile towers' EMF exposure 1/10th of the existing prescribed limit. A hide & seek game will start between TERM Cell & Cell Operators !! 100% checking by TERM Cell to be evolved . A neutral independent body to be formed including representative from Residents Welfare Committee to ensure Sanctity of the IMC report.
What methodology has been done to know the EMF exposure is reduced in new norms , as I live very close within 30 feet distance to 2 nos. of Illegal Cell Towers , as TERM cell measured the radiation levels 3 months back , if I feel the change then I can write in my blog that some thing different in my bed rooms.
Hope to write more in next blog ! Other wise we will believe that we are living in FOOLS PARADISE.
Kisalay Mitra , mitrakisalay@gmail.com.
09830317364/ Kolkata/ India
DoT has announced Acceptance of Recommendation made by the Inter-Ministrial Committee ( IMC ) were accepted by Government and directions in this regard were issued to the Mobile operators vide DoT letter no. 800-15/2010-VAS (pt.) dated 10.04.2012 making the new norms applicable from 01.09.2012, so that the Telecom Service Providers may adjust their networks to comply with the new norms. How ever IMC recommended for lowering the mobile towers' EMF exposure limits to 1/10th. of the existing prescribed limit as a matter of abundance precaution & recommended the following limits:
Type of Exposure Frequency Range Power density
Watts/sq.mtr.
General Public 400-2000 MHz f/2000
2 - 3000 GHz 1
f: frequency in MHz
The new norms for towers, which came into on September 1. have made the radiation limit more stringent by reducing it from 9.2 w/sq.m to 0.92 w/sqm. a 10 fold decrease .
There are around 4.5 lakhs telecom towers in India. The DG of Cellular Operators Association India ( COAI ) opined that due to lowering the radiation limit, decrease in power supply to the towers which will bring down radiation levels. While this solves the compliance problem, it means the coverage area of each tower goes down .
To achieve the new norms why Telecom companies will manually decrease the power supplied to the towers ? Who will monitor ? Self Audit report by cell Operators will be another corruption ? Why TERM Cell / DOT not entrusted for measuring & monitoring through out the country. Let us go back to Land Line Phone by developing its Technology for better services. Let us "Quit Cell Phone " as we are not fit to use this technology by our ill motive & earn money by corrupt means . In all State Govts. many guide lines are issued in the form of Office Orders by Principal Secretaries of Deptt. of Environment. Out of 4.5 lakhs of Cell Towers in India more than 50% are illegally installed. The local bodies such as municipal corporation, Gram Panchayats are not having exact no. of cell towers in their areas. These local bodies are loosing huge revenue due to a racket of corruption exits inside these offices , the staffs of local bodies & Police stations just keeping quite even any body lodge complaints.
By new norms reducing power by 1/10th the DOT has opened another front to have more cell towers which will mushroomed over the Roof tops in residential areas. Why DoT not asking the Cell operators to install highly mounted towers away from residential areas like USA & European countries where Towers are not shamelessly displaying on roof tops except on sky scraper buildings ? Becoz. it is costlier on land than erecting on roof tops. Our Govt. has no bold directive towards the cell operators due to fear of loosing huge revenue & cut money , where in Western world there is no so much chaos among public in Western countries for cell tower's effects of health hazards from its radiation & there is no much violation of Govt. Guide lines , where in India the guide lines are framed to remain in papers , none to check at random ,but cell operators work up to obtaining permission from SACFA but a very few take legal permission from local bodies.
I have no confidence in this new norms of lowering the mobile towers' EMF exposure 1/10th of the existing prescribed limit. A hide & seek game will start between TERM Cell & Cell Operators !! 100% checking by TERM Cell to be evolved . A neutral independent body to be formed including representative from Residents Welfare Committee to ensure Sanctity of the IMC report.
What methodology has been done to know the EMF exposure is reduced in new norms , as I live very close within 30 feet distance to 2 nos. of Illegal Cell Towers , as TERM cell measured the radiation levels 3 months back , if I feel the change then I can write in my blog that some thing different in my bed rooms.
Hope to write more in next blog ! Other wise we will believe that we are living in FOOLS PARADISE.
Kisalay Mitra , mitrakisalay@gmail.com.
09830317364/ Kolkata/ India
