These are 4
pages signed by Municipal Commissioner on August 13.
Dy. Chief
Engineer Building Proposal City signed on May 22 , 2013
Dy. Chief
Engineer Development Plan signed on June 19, 2013
Chief
Engineer Development Plan signed on June 27, 2013
Municipal
Commissioner signed on August 13 , 2013.
See the
delay .
My COMMENTS
:
1. This is
based on June 1, 2013 Draft Model Guidelines of DoT .
I cannot understand how Dy. Chief Engineer Building Proposal City
signed on May 22 , 2013.
2. Under
point 3 DoT mention that " India Has adopted strict limit for Radiation
from Base Tower Radiation ( BTS ) as below , which is 1/10th of the
International
Norms ( ICNIRP )
What they fail to tell the Citizens that 95% of the readings were already below
the
revised Norm ( 10% of original ) and so the objective of REDUCING
RADIATION LEVELS AND HEALTH HAZARDS were not achieved at
ground level. This was an EYE WASH.
The DoT should have divulged the highest reading of the 95% and given a
chart
of Readings under each 10% like :
Number of Readings EMFR
levels milliwatts per square meter
0 - 10%
11
- 20 %
21 - 30 %
and
so on till
91- 100 %
What was the basis in fixing revised norm to 10% of original and not 25%
0r 5% ? There was no SCIENTIFIC BASIS as admitted by Secretary
DoT.
3. Since the
Municipal Commissioner signed on August 13, 2013
the concerned Departments should have incorporated the ADVISORY
Guidelines for State Governments for Issue of Clearance for Mobile
Towers
effective August 1, 2013.
The Advisory clearly mentions under point 4 " These guidelines are
issued
in supersession of all earlier guidelines on the subject."
3. The Owner of the Building
or Co-operative Housing Society must obtain a
written
consent from 70 % of the Tenants or Occupants of
the Apartments /
Condominium before installing or renewing a Contract. This consent should
be
submitted to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai within three months of
the
announcement of the Revised Policy and every year thereafter.
4.
NOC
( No Objection Certificate ) in writing is MANDATORY from the
Top Floor
Tenants / Residents to install the Mobile Tower Antennae on the Terrace
of the Building
every year in addition to the written consent of 70% of the Tenants / Occupants
as
specified under point 3 above and under point A. VIII of the
DoT Advisory Guidelines.
5. There
will be a Ban on Installtion of Mobile Tower Antennae on
top of and
within 100 meters of Educational Institutions ( Nurseries ,
Schools and Colleges)
Hospitals
, Nursing Homes , Old Peoples’ Homes , Balsudhargriha and Hostels /
Orphanage
Buildings for Children and the Antennae should not be directed /
positioned towards these Buildings.
The existing mobile antennae approved earlier on Educational Institutions
( Nurseries , Schools and Colleges) Hospitals , Nursing Homes , Old Peoples’
Homes
,
Balsudhargriha and Hostels / Orphanage Buildings for Children shall be removed
within
one month of the date of these REvised Policy.
The condition of 3 meters distance from Educational
Institutions
(
Nurseries , Schools and Colleges) Hospitals , Nursing Homes , Old Peoples’
Homes
,
Balsudhargriha
and Hostels / Orphanage Buildings for Children is
dropped in view
of the first paragraph of Point 5 mentioned above.
6. The Tower and
Infrastructure Provider / Cellular Operator must submit in their
Data Sheet also the Distance from the Neighbouring Building to
expedite approval.
7.
Antennae should be fixed on Tripod Towers at a Height of 30 feet (i.e.10
meters) on
Terrace of the Highest Building in the locality of 100 meters radius , and away from
Children , Senior Citizens and Residents using the Terrace.
At the entrance to the Terrace where Tower is erected , a
warning signboard at entry
to
the terrace to that effect shall be displayed.
8. There
will be a ban on Tripod or any other Towers at Ground level to
fix Antennae
on
such Towers in the City of Greater Mumbai.
9. Maximum One Tower with
two Antennae
will be permitted per site.
The
condition mentioned of Two Towers is vague. The Towers are not hazardous.
Towers are only structures. It is the Antennae installed on these Towers that
are
connected to High Power cables which emit EMF Radiation which create Health
Hazards.
It is the number of Antennae per site which has to be restricted and not number
of Towers.
One
Tower can have 10 Antennae or two Towers can have 20 Antennae.
So it should be explicit and clear in terms of number of Antennae not
number of Towers.
Reasons thereof are also given under point 15.
10. There
will be a ban on Installation of Antennae on Brackets or Mobile Towers on
sidewalls of the Buildings.
11.
Pole Mounted Antenna ( e ) along Roads / Express ways should be installed at
least at a height of 5 meters above ground / road level and comply with
radiation levels.
No two installations of Antenna( e ) will be permitted in the
vicinity of 35 meters of each
installation on Roads / Flyovers / Bridges / Highways /
Expressways.
12. Maximum
Power Transmission per Antenna should be reduced to 2Watts
,
10% of presently permitted 20 Watts per Antenna to reduce Radiation levels to
double digit.
In view of Power Transmission being reduced to 2Watts the TAIPA / Operators
must
consider Solar
Energy as a Source of Power to save Electricity , Diesel and make this
a GREEN
INDUSTRY.
13. Fire
Brigade Department ( Chief Fire Officer ) and Electricity Supplying
Company
clearance Mandatory for all Antennae installed.
14.
The
Government Agency TERM should get the necessary funds , Manpower
and Equipment
to monitor the Radiation levels and Power Transmission of thousands of
Antennae in the city.
This has to be provided by the Central Government with a schedule and frequency
of Monitoring
all Antennae installed in the city.
Power drawn by the antennae should be available as a webtool easily accessed by
people
for effective public
watch and reporting misuse.
The other Norms of this Revised Policy not within the
Jurisdiction of
TERM will be monitored by MCGM at regular intervals
15. Radiation
Levels from Antennae depend on FOUR major parameters :
i)
Combined Power Output from Antennae
ii)
Number of Antennae installed
iii)
Safe Distance the Antennae are installed from Neighbouring Building
iv)
Safe Height at which the Antennae are installed from Ground Level.
Department of Telecommunications , Ministry of Communications & Information
Technology have advised the following norms:
Number of Antenna ( e )
Building Structure safe distance
pointed in the same
direction
from the Antenna (e ) at the
same height in meters
1
20
2
35
4
45
6
55
There
is no scientific basis on fixing of the distances for the number of Antennae
given above. Please see the NDTV program “ We The People “ of September
16, 2012
a link of which is given below :
The
EMF Radiations from above are much higher than safe levels according
to Austrian Medical Association norms adopted on 3, March
2012 in Vienna , Building Biology Guidelines for sleeping areas ,
Germany which is 1 milliwatts per square meter compared to 450 milliwatts
per square meter.
In
view of the above and to cover any missing parameters we have recommended
combined Power Transmission to 10% of original Power Transmission norm
as was done for the EMF norm.
In
the case of reduction of EMF norm to 10% there was very little or no reduction
of EMF radiation as 95% of the Antennae were within the revised upper limit.
It
is only with the reduction of Power Transmission will the radiation levels go
down
to
TWO digits compared to present THREE digits which can go upto four times during
rush / peak hours according to TERM letter to Cuffe Parade Residents
Association.
There
are only two options available to reduce Radiation Levels and Health
Hazards in Mumbai :
Reduce Power Transmission to TWO Watts per Antenna and a maximum
of
TWO ANTENNAE per site
- Increase the distance norms mentioned above if Power Transmission will continue at 20 watts per Antenna and NOT reduced to 2 Watts .
Number of Antenna ( e )
Building Structure safe distance
pointed in the same
direction
from the Antenna (e ) at the
same height in meters
1
50
2
100
4
150
6
200
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