The High Court directed the Atomic Energy Commission to measure the intensity and biological effect of radiation emitted from the country's cell phone towers.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court has given the state government till October 12 to remove all mobile towers from schools.

MUMBAI: On Friday, the second day since the inauguration of a helpline and web portal to file complaints against cell towers, the telecom department (DOT) witnessed registration of 125 fresh compla

MUMBAI: More than 400 residents from all over the city met at Bandra Gymkhana on Sunday to discuss the ill-effects of mobile tower radiation.

AHMEDABAD: With the harmful effects of mobile tower microwave radiations becoming a concern in major cities, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over the past week has been feverishly counting the number of cell towers installed in the city-and looking for their proximity to schools, residential areas and hospitals.

The AMC , the Cellular Operators Association of India (CAOI) and an agency, Indus towers, are toying with the idea of introducing cellular street furniture-which are high masts that will be installed along main streets at close proximity, to cut down on radiation intensity.

New Delhi: Radiation from mobile phone towers is no longer a worry for only the educated and upwardly-mobile residents.

JAIPUR: The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on August 9 had issued advisory to states including Rajasthan to reduce number of mobile towers functional in eco-sensitive zones.

It had suggested that mobile towers should not be permitted within 1 km radius of the existing ones to check impact of electromagnetic radiation on birds. The state government, though, claims ignorance over the advisory.

The recent furore in Rajasthan over mobile towers installed near schools and hospitals triggered a similar protest in Jamshedpur, though on a smaller scale, but the district administration remained

The Rajasthan Government has issued notices to all major mobile phone operators asking them to keep radiation from their towers within the newly prescribed limits. Installation of towers at school buildings, playgrounds, hospitals and within 500 metres of the jail premises has been banned.

State Principal Urban Development and Housing Secretary G. S. Sandhu said here on Sunday that a new policy on mobile phone towers adopted by the State Government had set the limit for radiations emitted by the towers of both 2G and 3G technology to 10 per cent of their previous levels. The policy, which will be in force till the by-laws are framed, has been sent to all urban local bodies.