The telecom min April 21: The telecom minister A. Raja on Wednesday batted for the use of green energy for running telecom towers so that mobile services could be expanded in the rural areas.

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government is all set to come up with new regulations for setting up mobile towers in order to stop their haphazard growth in cities and towns, especially on high rise buildings. A government order (GR), consisting of the regulations, is learnt to be ready, and will be made public any time later this week.

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PRESIDENTS of Sathuvachari near here have opposed the erection of mobile phone towers in their vicinity citing possible harmful electromagnetic radiation (EMR).

PUDUCHERRY: The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy along with the Union Ministry of Telecommunications is working on converting almost all cellphone towers into

The Himachal Pradesh government will conduct a multi-faceted scientific study to find out the reason of dwindling birds in the region, said to be affected by radiation from mobile towers in residential areas.

"The study would ascertain impact of radiation from mobile towers on human, animals and environment," Additional Chief Secretary (Environment) Sarojini Ganju Thakur told PTI today.

Ranchi, Feb. 17: Installation of cellphone towers without permission of proper authorities has been brought under the scanner of the Jharkhand High Court.

Numerous mobile towers have been erected across the length and breadth of the city without adhering to the norms for personal gain by cellular companies has been raised in a public interest litigation filed before the high court today.

Putting to rest all speculations on immediate sealing of mobile phone towers in the capital and maintaining that the health hazards of cell towers have not been scientifically proved, the standing committee of the MCD on Tuesday gave one month's time to the cellular operators to adhere to the new policy.

Following the action taken by the Noida Authority against unauthorised cellphone towers in the area, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided that no such towers in the Capital will be sealed for the time being.