Be Allert from False Cell tower Business in West Bengal / INDIA

 This  post based on the News   of  one  popular News paper --

It is for the Awareness of Common Public -   who are being cheated by False Agent of Cell Tower

Huge Rent , Job offer to the landlords  are now a days very  attractive Offer being  given to many Landlords & Land owners  in many metro cities of India  & now this business is  entering in west Bengal by fake agents of Cell Tower Operators  & they are falling in their trap by the  false Agent of Cell Tower Providers in getting the Roof & land for Lease Rent . By Giving this attractive offer to the owners of Land owner &  Land lord , they are falling into their net of false business . It is learnt that initially  these  fake Agents pay some advance to these prospecting owners . These  people start to believe their offer when   many receive   money . These fake agents  also publish their advertisement  in news paper with their Mobile  number.
In this  serious matter  DOT  & TERM Cell was contacted & as per their opinion  the Industrial house feel that there is a official approved list of  cell operators in India. In their opinion that there is no connection of  job offer related to installation of cell tower . Generally Cell Towers are installed after lot of Conditions  & Agreement being made between Land lord  & Cell Operators  also after receiving License from DOT .
Due to lack of awareness  among public,   most  people without verifying the documents  agrees to go for Rent & get Cheated .  Now a days after seeing Advertisement in News paper people are contacting  Telecom Research  and Monitoring  Cell ( TERM Cell ). The DDG of TERM Cell is enquiring about this fake business. These fake Agents initially pay an advance to the owners & after some time  these agent  ask owners to pay some money for installing cell towers. Currently  these type of incidents have been received from Uttar Pradesh . TERM Cell  is not doing  any Awareness program for the  common people   very inactive wherever this Deptt. Exists , rather they are not much vigilant  & not making any Random Test of Measuring of Radiation Levels of Antennas . Last Year  DOT has reduced Radiation Levels  from  1st Sept. 2012 &  Govt. announced that the TERM cell will check whether the cell operators have reduced or not ?  No initiative is rarely visible from TERM cell for  random checking for the interest of the public ? In Noida,  Hon'ble High Court has ordered to remove 300 cell towers for Illegal  installations  for wrongly installing in Residential Areas.  
In my  conclusion  I like to mention that people should not fall pray to these fake agents getting lucrative offer .  There is none to rescue people rather than to be harassed . Neither   DOT nor  State Govts.  are  thinking any remedy  from this Cell Tower hazards & Harassments in our Society !!

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New Radiation Rules of Cell Towers

The New Norms for Towers  which came into effect on September 1,2012 have made the radiation limit  more stringent it from 9.2w/sqm to 0.92 w/sqm, a 10 fold  decrease . It is lower than the US ( 12w/sqm ) and higher than  China  ( 0.4 w/sqm) and Russia ( 0.2 w/sqm ).
There are more or less 4.5 lakhs telecom towers  in India   of which 5%  (around 22000 towers) don't meet  new guide lines in India. Most of them are located in core areas of  Delhi, Mumbai , Kolkata & Chennai  and suburbs of Banglore , Hyderabad etc apart from  other tier - 1 cities.
To achieve the new norms, telecom companies will manually decrease  the power supplied  to the towers which  will bring down radiation levels. While this solves  the compliance problem, it means the coverage area goes down and more towers will be needed to cover the same area.
Here I like to put a  comment that by reducing the power level by 10 fold from 9.2 w/sqm. to 0.92 w/sqm, the cellular operators association of India (COAI ) have started to play their ill motive to harm environment  in the name of coverage area of each  tower will fall down & more towers mean your phone will search and switch between towers much more than before , leading to more call drops.
These cellular operators  are looking their business interest not for public, still they will not bring high capacity of modern technology of highly mounted one which will be costly for all these cell operators, the obsolete technology of foreign countries being used in India . Even in future if Govt. again brings down the power  at per with China , then what these cell operators will do ? These cell Operator Companies should leave IDEA of installing Cell towers on roof tops of Residential Buildings. The present Cell operators like to install more towers which is very objectionable idea that will automatically emit more radiation will soon create health hazards . The Govt. should  direct these Cell operators to bring modern Technology from western Countries & they should visit how other countries are doing this business !!
More  in next blog !
K.Mitra

New year 2013 - Thanks to all Blog Readers

I Convey my "Happy New Year 2013"Greetings  to all my Blog Readers .

May 2013 Bring A safe Radiation Free Environment in our Green Earth with new Dreams , New Aspirations  , Peace , Prosperity , Endless Joy -
Clean & Free from all Environmental Hazards Created by Science . We want
a clean environment for our Children , Elderly persons & Pregnant women.
Let our Govt. save us from this Cell Tower Radiation Hazards by further lowering the Radiation Power at per with other Countries.
More in next  blog,
K Mitra , mitrakisalay@gmail.com

How much longer are the effects of Cell Towers radiation going to be ignored

How can the World Health Organization (WHO ) say on one hand Cell Phones are possibly carcinogenic &  on the other  completely ignore Cell tower radiation?
Especially when we know  its the cumulative effects  that are particularly  dangerous ------ remember unlike cell phones , cell towers emit radiation 24x7 . Prof.Girish Kumar has been pondering this & other question relating  to cell tower radiation. Following   his campaign , the local Government  of Gurgaon shut down   298 cell towers in a residential  areas last January.
Want to know how he did it ? He bribed a few Officials ??  No. none of that . He just argued  a very good case. Actually he produced  an excellent report  on the dangers of cell Tower radiation.
Report on the Dangers of Cell Towers  Radiation
- if you are living in the main beam of cell phone towers  you are exposed  to comparatively  high  radiation  levels , you need particular help.
- common health  complaints  of people  living  in this main beam are headaches, sleep disturbances, memory related  disorders, fatigue, buzzing in  the head,  joint pain, miscarriage, cancer etc.
- the Telecom industry likes  to play down  the WHO class 2B Carcinogen classification which also has pickles, coffee, etc. in the list.Radiation from cell phone  towers is 24x7, people living   in the near vicinity  absorb this radiation continuously.
- the Industry experts claim that " Non- thermal biological effects have not been shown to be a  health Hazard" is wearing  very thin. Non- thermal effects  are actually  several  times more harmful than thermal effects.
- average human  life expectancy is approximately 70 yrs. We should be making EMF exposure guidelines to live  safely for at least 70 yrs.
- the sensation of "hot ear" that many people feel when using  a cell phone can cause  ear tumors, the temperature  of the ear lobes increase by 1c when a cell phone is used  for 20 minutes or more , this  warm sensation can lead to tinnitus & irreversible  hearing  loss.This can in turn lead to an  ear tumor.
- doctors from  at least 3 hospitals have reported that  over use  of cell phones  can  cause a loss in hearing & also ear tumors  especially  in teenagers.
- the Blackberry smart phone manufacturers  recommends to keep the phone at least  0.98 in ( 25 mm ) from our body  when it's in use.
- nobody is saying  ban cell phone towers.We know  that  without antennas the network would not exist & people could not talk to each.  What we are saying is  why transmit  so much power ? In India , Telecom operators transmit  20w  of power per carrier & they  use a number of carriers. Also  antennas of multiple operators  are placed on the same roof or tower to cut down the cost, so cumulative transmitted  power is very high. The operator should  not transmit more than 1to 2w of power in the  densely populated area .

Cell Tower Radiation  -- Just one form  of  Exposure 
Its important  particularly  if you  are in the beam.  Let us  not hung up  about cell tower radiation. Instead, let us  concentrate on what we can do, deal with the other  source of EMF  radiation, before we start waging war  on cell tower radia
tion.

More in New Year

How to protect yourself from Cell phone Radiation

For the awareness of Cell phone users .
There are 12 tips  to minimize your exposure  to radiation when using cell Phone.
1. Do not allow children  to use cell phone for calling.
2. Limit phone calls to those  that are absolutely  necessary.
3.Use an Air tube headset when possible.
4.When dialing  out do not put your cell phones  next to your ear until your correspondent has picked up the communications.
5. Avoid carrying  your phone directly on your body.
6. Make sure you use your  phone only in condition of
 optimum reception.
7.Do not use your  telephone  while you are in a moving vehicle.
8.Using your cell phone even in a parked car is not advisable.
9. Never Sleep with a cell phone switched  on at night beside your bed.
10. Avoid  using your cell phone if you are feeling  in any way  run down, the radiation  will make you feel even more tired & will weaken  your organisms  further.
11. Don't make mistake  of thinking  a low SAR cell phone in a safe cell phone.
12. As much as possible communicate  via text messaging rather than making phone calls.
more tips to come ---!

Towering Trouble Slow Killer living with cell phone tower is a back drop

Neha Kumar a Radiation & Micro Biology  Expert, daughter of Prof. Girish kumar , IIT , Mumbai --
Gave a press statement in Hindustan Times in last August '12 which I am repeating for our awareness that in Mumbai out of 3705  mobile phone towers  across the City that can jeopardize  your health & life , 1830  - that's roughly  half of them --- are illegal, says the Civic body .  but the Brihanmumbai  Municipal corporation ( BMC ), which discovered this fact , last June , when it conducted  a survey of mobile phone towers , has done nothing  for the past 13 months to remove the illegal ones. So far , Officials  have taken action against only 140 illegal tower. As reported in HT's July 15 edition, it's common for people living close to mobile towers to experience the recomends that radiation levels be  only 450 milli watts / sqm. the Current radiation levels permitted in India are 4,500 milliwatts . sqm as per  International commission on non-ionizing Radiation protection norms.
Adverse effects -According to experts  being expressed to a mobile tower located within 50 mtrs. is like being in a microwave  oven for 24 hrs. Though recently  on 1st. September'12 DOT has asked by Govt. notifications to Cell Operators  asking them to reduce power/radiation level  by 1/10th.  from existing  norms. This is nothing but show to public by Govt. , who is going to monitor ? Is TERM Cell of DOT have checked, who is authorized to do & organize nation wide checking ?
I am writing out of frustration that I live in Kolkata trying to locate the illegal cell towers , many towers are located , the cell operators defeated in appellate  court of Pollution Control Board ( W.B), the list of illegal cell operators  handed over to   Municipal commissioner, Mayor of kolkata, the Civic Body  is doing nothing to remove or demolish ! Though I find that Mumbai Civic Body is taking stern action by demolishing the towers , Hyderabad Civic Body , Rajasthan , Hariyana, Kerala etc . are taking actions  except our KOLKATA, a change has come in the name of Ma - Mati - Manus , but in reality  no change appears or not having any administrative  control or action against these  violators of Govt. guide lines . Kolkata Civic Body agrees that they have no idea how many Cell Towers  exists in Kolkata Residential Building Roof Tops, it is presumably more than 4000 cell towers exiting but Civic Body have no record though Govt. is losing lot of revenues.
Because we Indians live in fools paradise!
Wish you all happy & merry christmas & Radiation free New Year .
Hope to write more,
Kisalay Mitra

Safeguarding Public Health from BTS towers.

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