Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 9: Chairman, Committee on Environment of Legislative Assembly M. Y. Tarigami today called for adequate and effective measures to avoid and mitigate the impacts of radiations on human, wildlife, birds and bees due to mobile towers, adding that regular auditing and monitoring of these radiations need to be conducted especially around the protected and ecological sensitive areas.
Speaking at meeting convened to discuss about remedial measures to minimize adverse impact of communication towers on humans, birds and bees, Mr. Tarigami urged for observing guidelines of the expert committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to study the possible impact of communication towers on wildlife, including birds and bees. He said a precautionary approach should be preferred to minimize the exposure levels and adopt all possible strict norms without compromising on optimum performance of the networks.
He called for educating the people about the ill effects of radiations, adding that bold signs and messages about the dangers of Cell Phone Towers and associated radiation should be displayed in and around the structures of the towers.
Mr. Tarigami asked the Telecom and Mobile authorities to consult the Environment and Forest Departments before installation of cell phone towers in and around protected areas. He said Environment and Forest Departments should conduct regular awareness drive to make people aware about various norms and standards with regard to cell phone towers.
He said if new towers are to be erected, these should be constructed with utmost care and precaution so as not to obstruct flight path of birds and not to increase the radiations in the area. He urged the need for studying the impact of mobile towers in the State and to evolve a policy to minimize its adverse impact.
Legislators, Molvi Iftikar Hussain Ansari, Mohammad Sharief Niaz, A. R. Veeri, Rafi Ahmad Mir, Prof. Guru Ram Bhagat, Mohammad Khalil Bandh, Mohammad Ashraf Ganie and Mohammad Yasin Shah were present in the meeting and presented their view point on the subject and sought measures for minimizing the impact.
Among others, Chief Wildlife Warden A. K. Singh, Director Environment and Remote Sensing Suresh Chug, Deputy General Manager Mobile Nazir Ahmad and other officers and engineers of various departments attended the meeting.
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