What to do about mushrooming Mobile Towers
There are strict norms relating to erection of
mobile towers.
And permission is needed from the concerned
Municipal Corporation.
Several matters are pending in various High
Courts also.
Search the net for the norms. If the norms are
violated, you can file a writ in the High Court.
In a recent judgment, the Bombay High Court has
observed that there is no conclusive scientific
evidence indicating any identifiable risk of
serious harm on account of non-ionized radiation
emanating from TCS/BS and equipments for
telecommunication network.
A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court
comprising Justice B R Gavai and Justice N J
Jamadar was hearing four petitions filed by Parel
residents Biju K Balan, Kiran Shantaram and
Ravindra K Vankudre, Borivali’s Lake View Co-
operative Housing Society Limited and Lower
Parel’s Casa Grande Co-operative Housing
Society, questioning the permission granted to
Reliance Jio-Infocom to erect mobile towers and
install equipment for telecommunication
network on a recreational ground.
The petitioniers had alleged that electro-
magnetic radiation, generated by mobile towers,
adversely affect the health and well being of
humans and other living beings.
The Division Bench of Justice B R Gavai and
Justice N J Jamadar said,
“…we find that the scientific material, as of
today, does not indicate any identifiable risk of
serious harm on account of nonionised radiation
emanating from telecommunication cell site
(TCS) /base station (BS) and equipments for
telecommunication network (sic).”
The state government told the court that the
permission granted to the company was in
conformity with the guidelines issued by the
Union government and the notification.
