Friday, December 5, 2014

PERMISSION FOR ERECTING CELL TOWERS - INDIA

Cell Operators activities in India  -
The respective Municipal Corporation , District boards , Gram  Panchayat  gives permission  for erection of  mobile towers  on land  and  roof terrace of buildings  and they consider the structural safety of the tower. In India 50% cell towers are illegal . The correct figure of cell tower records are not avail with  municipal corporation. The officials of municipality seldom visit to check the structural  safety only. In many metro cities of India  in connivance of  land lord of the  building  /  promoters of ownership flats -  with the   cell operators  make an 3 - 5 yrs.agreement with deposit of 5 lacs  and  having understanding with local goons , local police , politicians etc  with out informing , & without taking permission  install cell towers with monthly rental of 40k - 50 k to landlord / flat owner committee earns. The rent amount is fixed   depending on the number of tower and roof area . The staircase of the premises goes under the control  of cell operators . In such illegal act Corporation  and other Govt. bodies loose the  revenue from the cell operators. By this cell towers are mushroomed in densely populated  areas violating  ICNIRP  guide lines. The Term Cell  under DoT close their eyes for such act of cell operators nationwide. License for transmission, permission for sharing tower  by many service providers . license for new technologies  etc. are  given by DOT . A single agency   should  give permission  for erecting  towers , considering the  safety  of people.  But a single tower is shared by many service providers with  many antennas of circular and tube light type which  is not  known to  permission giver DOT. The Idea , Airtel , Viom officials also  visits and tells that the radiations are  not harmful. There should be norms regarding distance to residences , schools , hospitals etc from antenna, height  at which antennas  are fixed  and total power  transmitted from a tower.  DOT  and  industry   should accept  the fact that problem  exists  and try to solve the problem.
In my recent  visit  in USA - it is noticed that  cell towers are not found on roof tops except down town areas  to cater the service  for the high rise office buildings only . Most  mobile towers are installed  enclosed  with   iron fenced in   nature  big park , in open area   with 180 - 200 ft. ht. from ground , also seen over hills & forest on  high ways away from human lives . Camouflaged mobile towers also seen like cocoanut trees. The ICNIRP guide lines are strictly followed in USA  , if violation of guide lines ,there are  public to sue case against  mobile tower companies  with penalty and subsequent  removal.  A picture of  Mobile Tower in USA -                                                 

North Dallas Area  -  December  5th - 2014         

More in next blog ,

Kisalay Mitra ,
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