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'No New Mobile Towers Without Following Guidelines'

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Concerned over the health hazards likely to be caused by cell phone towers, the National Green Tribunal has restrained several telecom firms from setting them up without following mandatory provisions of law and taking permission from the competent authority.

"Considering gravity of allegations levelledand health hazard likely to be caused, we direct that no construction of cell phone communication towers shall be made without following mandatory provisions of law and necessary permission from competent authority," a NGT bench of Acting Chairperson Justice A S Naidu and expert member P C Mishra has said.

Issuing notice to the Ministryof Communications and IT, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Ministry of Health, Securities and Exchange Board of India and telecom firms -- Bharti Infratel Ltd, Airtel, Idea, Vodaphone, Tata, Reliance and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the NGT has sought their response by the next date ofhearing on December 20.

The tribunal's order came on the plea ofDelhi resident Arvind Gupta, who has sought directions to the Centre and the telecom firms for implementing guidelines and regulations issuedby MoEF regarding installation of cell phone towers nationwide.

Inhis application, filed through advocate B P Tripathy, Gupta has allegedthat MoEF guidelines have not been followed and implemented by Department of Telecommunications while allowing installation of towers throughout the country.

He has also alleged that "norms are flouted brazenly by all companies involved with installation of mobile towers, having complete disregard and concern for environmental protection".

He has alleged that radiations emitted by towers notonly adversely affect flora and fauna, but can also cause cancer in human beings.