The state government has set up a state-level telecom committee (STC) headed by chief secretary as chairman to tackle public grievances related to setting up mobile base station towers (MBST).

Government has finally unveiled a host of guidelines to regulate installation of mobile base-station towers in the State and has put in place a high-level state-level telecom committee headed by Ch

Mumbai : A former World Health Organisation (WHO) expert on electromagnetic field has slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) draft policy, which bans cellphone towers on schools and

Noida: Relocation of hazardous mobile towers installed in residential areas will soon be started by Noida Authority to ensure that residents, especially children, do not stay exposed to the perils

PANAJI: The government has proposed strict guidelines for the setting up of site-specific mobile base station towers (MBSTs) in the state in response to an increase in use of cellphones and wireles

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