Deccan Chronicle, Chennai 19.10.08
PIL against mobile towers atop buildings
Oct. 18: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Madras high court, seeking a direction to the mobile telecom operators to stop erection of towers on building immediately and to remove the existing ones also.
The PIL filed by ‘Traffic’ Ramasamy is likely to come up for hearing on October 20. Ramasamy also sought a direction to the Union government to frame rules, regulations and guidelines to erect cell phone towers only in vacant lands taking into account proper structural standards, World Health Organization (WHO) tower radiation specifications, exposure limit to human beings.
Ramasamy submitted that various mobile operators have erected a large number of towers all over the state. All such towers were more than 20 feet high and made of iron and steel erected on rooftops and on the top floors of both public and private buildings.
These towers were not erected to withstand the forces of nature such as strong winds, lightning, earthquake, floods and heavy rain. If these towers collapse it would certainly take hundreds of lives on the congested roads in cities like Chennai, where traffic is heavy, he contended.
These towers contain electrically designed metals or alloys made of nickel, copper and aluminium. Such structures emit electromagnetic/microwave radiations through the instruments fixed on these towers. These radiations pose serious health hazards, including brain tumours, leukemia, cancer, impotence, nerve problems and so on.
The PIL filed by ‘Traffic’ Ramasamy is likely to come up for hearing on October 20. Ramasamy also sought a direction to the Union government to frame rules, regulations and guidelines to erect cell phone towers only in vacant lands taking into account proper structural standards, World Health Organization (WHO) tower radiation specifications, exposure limit to human beings.
Ramasamy submitted that various mobile operators have erected a large number of towers all over the state. All such towers were more than 20 feet high and made of iron and steel erected on rooftops and on the top floors of both public and private buildings.
These towers were not erected to withstand the forces of nature such as strong winds, lightning, earthquake, floods and heavy rain. If these towers collapse it would certainly take hundreds of lives on the congested roads in cities like Chennai, where traffic is heavy, he contended.
These towers contain electrically designed metals or alloys made of nickel, copper and aluminium. Such structures emit electromagnetic/microwave radiations through the instruments fixed on these towers. These radiations pose serious health hazards, including brain tumours, leukemia, cancer, impotence, nerve problems and so on.
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