NMMC and illicit mobile towers
New developments in the technological world prove to be a boon to us. But at the same time with the introduction of new technologies, new hazards are also born owing to which our lives can be in danger. Law-makers should be absolutely alert in such a situation. The moment there is a birth of a new technology, these law-makers should immediately and without wasting time come up with new laws that will eliminate all the hazards posed by the introduction of this new technology.
Invention of mobile phone was the best thing that happened to man. But side by side with the invention of mobile phone, there also arose a severe problem posed by unauthorized mobile towers. The high radiation emanating from these towers posed health risk to those staying close to it.
These tower owners should be given certain guidelines by NMMC. The tower owners should be told as to exactly where it is safe to erect a tower, what should be its distance from residential areas, schools, hospitals, educational institutes etc. There should also be guidelines relating to direction of transmitters of towers and the radiation-levels.
The tower owners in Navi Mumbai should compulsorily seek permission from NMMC before erecting the towers. NMMC in turn should see to it that the tower owners construct the towers according to the norms laid down by Department of Telecommunication (DoT). It is not enough for NMMC to come up with policies related to granting permission for erecting a tower to a company. It should also execute those policies. If the policies are just made and not executed, then of what use are these policies?
While granting permission to install a mobile tower NMMC should see to it that antenna is erected in open or public space located away from residential areas, prior consent is taken from the people staying surrounding it, the tower is within a radius of 100 meters from schools and hospitals so that children and patients are not affected by the exposure to electromagnetic field radiations, the tower is not erected in narrow lanes to prevent risks caused by earthquake and other calamities and the transmitters of an antenna is not facing a residential building and also the lower end of antenna is at least three meters above ground.
There are plenty of illicit towers in Navi Mumbai and these towers are just not following the norms laid down by Department of Telecommunication. The question is what is NMMC doing about it?
New developments in the technological world prove to be a boon to us. But at the same time with the introduction of new technologies, new hazards are also born owing to which our lives can be in danger. Law-makers should be absolutely alert in such a situation. The moment there is a birth of a new technology, these law-makers should immediately and without wasting time come up with new laws that will eliminate all the hazards posed by the introduction of this new technology.
Invention of mobile phone was the best thing that happened to man. But side by side with the invention of mobile phone, there also arose a severe problem posed by unauthorized mobile towers. The high radiation emanating from these towers posed health risk to those staying close to it.
These tower owners should be given certain guidelines by NMMC. The tower owners should be told as to exactly where it is safe to erect a tower, what should be its distance from residential areas, schools, hospitals, educational institutes etc. There should also be guidelines relating to direction of transmitters of towers and the radiation-levels.
The tower owners in Navi Mumbai should compulsorily seek permission from NMMC before erecting the towers. NMMC in turn should see to it that the tower owners construct the towers according to the norms laid down by Department of Telecommunication (DoT). It is not enough for NMMC to come up with policies related to granting permission for erecting a tower to a company. It should also execute those policies. If the policies are just made and not executed, then of what use are these policies?
While granting permission to install a mobile tower NMMC should see to it that antenna is erected in open or public space located away from residential areas, prior consent is taken from the people staying surrounding it, the tower is within a radius of 100 meters from schools and hospitals so that children and patients are not affected by the exposure to electromagnetic field radiations, the tower is not erected in narrow lanes to prevent risks caused by earthquake and other calamities and the transmitters of an antenna is not facing a residential building and also the lower end of antenna is at least three meters above ground.
There are plenty of illicit towers in Navi Mumbai and these towers are just not following the norms laid down by Department of Telecommunication. The question is what is NMMC doing about it?
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