Due to health hazards and harmful radiation, residents of apartments in Noida have asked for shut down of mobile towers in the localities. According to data, around 50% of total number of towers in Noida are situated in residential area which are allowed by the owners to be installed. The president of the federation of [...]
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Residents demand cease of mobile towers in Noida
Monday, April 23rd, 2012KMC blind and deaf about illegal cellphone towers!
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012Cellphone towers have been all around in the Kolkata city and to top it all, some of them are illegal! Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has not taken any care in recent times about the health hazards due to electromagnetic radiation emitted by the towers and also illegal building rules and loss of finance due to [...]
Three cell towers atop building stands illegal
Monday, December 26th, 2011Nilesh society residents have been facing many health problems due to hazardous radiation from three mobile towers atop Victor Shelter building. These mobile towers are taken to be unauthorized and illegal as per Right to Information (RTI) query filed by a resident of New Link Road Residents’ Forum. As per the report, three towers on [...]
DEO Ahmedabad asks Schools to Remove Mobile Towers
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011The District Education Officer (DEO) in Ahmedabad has asked all schools to remove mobile towers within a month. The DEO had written to all schools in January, asking them to provide details of cellphone towers, terms of contract with mobile phone companies, payment and duration. Sources say there are more than 10 schools in the [...]
Mobile phones a Health & Environment risk
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011According to an inter-ministerial committee formed by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to study the hazards posed by mobile phones, radiation from mobile phones and towers poses serious health risks, including loss of memory, lack of concentration, disturbance in the digestive system and sleep disturbances. The committee has also attributed the disappearance of [...]
New norms for cell tower- all school and hospital premises should be completely radiation-free
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010According to a survey by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, there were more than 1,000 unauthorized towers in the city at last count.High-power committee examining health hazards lays down ground rules for installation of cell towers. The panel, set up earlier this year to examine health hazards caused by mobile towers, has in its report said [...]
Bringing Back Sparrows To Residential Areas
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010It is well known that the population of sparrows, the homely birds are diminishing in the city, which is a matter of concern. Rotary Bangalore West, one of the world’s largest organizations, has taken this task of saving the environment as a mission and a movement with a difference, with an integral approach. Rotary Bangalore [...]
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