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Mumbai: Union minister of state for communications Milind Deora has written to the state, asking it to ensure that the new policy on mobile towers doesn’t “completely bypass” the guidelines of the

The city has 4,578 cellphone towers that are yet to get the BMC's clearance.

Calling it a serious issue, anti-radiation activist Girish Kumar said the "illegal" towers can pose a health hazard to thousands of people. But the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) called the towers legal. Its director general, Rajan Mathews, said on Thursday, "Civic permissions for the towers are pending, but we will obtain them in due course. None of the towers poses any health risk."

Not a single cellphone tower in Mumbai is illegal, claimed the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), suggesting that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been sitting

Telecom and tower firms have demanded uniform tower guidelines across Maharashtra. They should be in tandem with the procedure of the Centre, the companies said.

The Department of Telecommunications had issued the guidelines in August. But the companies feel the civic and State policies vary.

The umbrella body of GSM mobile phone operators, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), today said in its latest advisory on health risks associated with mobile phones and their base s

The state government’s draft policy for installation of cell towers atop buildings has totally ignored the guidelines issued by department of telecommunications (DoT), said activists.

Cellphone company fails to shift towers from two crèches, rehabilitation centre

For want of study and research, cellphone towers in and around inhabited areas in the city continue to face flak, with residents demanding their shifting to sparsely populated areas.

Installing telecom towers in close proximity of inhabited areas should be banned by the Union Government since they could be acting as “silent killers”, said Justice Jawahar Lal Gupta, former Chief

The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) on the haphazard establishment of mobile phone towers in Guwahati.

Union minister of state for communications Milind Deora said he was “open” to reducing radiation density for cell towers in the city.

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