Letter PR Munshi (on parliament comm.)

Dear All,

Please find time to read the scathing Report of Parliamentary Standing Committee ( IT ) on

NORMS FOR THE SETTING UP OF TELECOM TOWERS , ITS HARMFUL EFFECTS AND SETTING UP OF SECURITY STANDARDS IN EXPANSION OF TELECOM FACILITIES.

The Standing Committee headed by Shri Rao Inderjit Singh has done an excellent job covering all aspects and met so many different stakeholders , experts , citizen groups and given their findings without mincing any words . Congratulations !

The Report vindicates the Stand taken by CITIZEN GROUPS OF MUMBAI who were represented at the Hearing by Juhi Chawla Mehta, Veena Singhal and Prakash Munshi.

The Committee finds it most unfortunate that the Government has failed to take any step to regulate this infrastructure sector as well as to address the public apprehensions about impact on their health. The Committee strongly deprecate the lackadaisical approach of the Department of Telecommunications which is the nodal department for expansion and modernisation of mobile telephony.

The examination of the subject by the Committee has revealed several areas of public concern which needs to be addressed by the Government at the earliest.

Every page of the Report is critical of the functioning of the Department of Telecommunications and corrective action needs to be taken.

This issue will become an Election issue 2014.

The weblink for the Report:

1. http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/

2. Click on LOK SABHA

3.Click on Committees on Left Column

4.Click on   Departmentally Related Standing Committees

5.Scroll down to Information Technology in Red

6.Scroll down on Reports to Report No.53 tabled in Parliament in Rajya Sabha 

   and Lok Sabha on February 12, 2014.

Let the Parliament elected Of the People , For the People, By the People discuss this important Report which will affect the lives of millions Indian Citizens . Parliament has discussed many scams and will discuss many more in next 3 months but it is high time the Parliamentarians ACT on this report to protect the health of millions of Indians.

Regards

Prakash R Munshi
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Opp. Sahyadri State Guest House
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Mumbai 400006

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