Division of Telecommunications (DoT), Delhi License Service Space (LSA) organized an consciousness webinar on “EMF Emissions and Telecom Towers” right here yesterday. This session was organized as part of DoT’s public advocacy programme to make the customers conscious in regards to the rising want for cellular towers to construct dependable telecom infrastructure and to interrupt myths relating to the well being results of EMF publicity from cellular towers.
The Webinar was addressed by Sh. Nizamul Haq, Advisor, DoT, New Delhi and Sh. Arun Kumar, DDG, DoT, Delhi LSA. Presentation on varied points of EMF and steps taken by DoT was coated by Sh. Vijay Prakash, Director and Sh. Kamal Deo Tripathi, ADG, DoT, Delhi LSA. Varied well being associated queries and fable about dangerous impact of EMF radiations from cellular towers was additionally clarified by a medical skilled, Dr Vivek Tandon, Affiliate Professor (Neurosurgery), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Shri Nizamul Haq, Advisor, DoT, Delhi LSA put a highlight on the significance of telecommunications as an efficient instrument for socio-economic improvement of a nation. It has turn into core infrastructure for fast development and modernization of varied sectors of the financial system. To supply very best quality of telecommunication service to the shoppers, the growth of cellular community together with tower infrastructure are inevitable.
Shri Arun Kumar, DDG and Shri Vijay Prakash, Director, Delhi LSA additional addressed that the EMF emissions from a cellular tower, that are under the protected limits prescribed by Worldwide Fee on Non Ionizing Radiation Safety (ICNIRP) and really useful by World Well being Organisation (WHO), don’t have any convincing scientific proof of inflicting opposed well being results. Varied judgements of Excessive Courts of India on the problems of radiation from cellular tower says that there isn’t a conclusive information to point out that radiation from cellular tower is in any manner dangerous or hazardous to the well being of residents.
Dr. Vivek Tandon, Affiliate Professor AIIMS Delhi clarified varied fable about well being associated points attributable to EMF radiations from cellular towers and handsets. Misconceptions amongst a piece of the inhabitants across the well being hazards of EMF radiations mustn’t override the factual info made out there to us by way of scientific analysis. Dr Tandon defined varied points of well being associated points in a simplified manner and touched varied research and its impression in actual life scenario.
Division of Telecommunication (DoT), by way of its discipline models has already taken needed steps and adopted stricter norms for security from EMF radiation which might be emitted from cellular towers. DoT has adopted the radiation norms that are 10 occasions stricter than the norms prescribed by ICNIRP as really useful by WHO. All the knowledge on Cellular tower radiation is offered to the general public on DoT’s web site: https://dot.gov.in/journey-emf
Until date, 46000 cellular base transceiver stations (BTS) have been examined in Delhi LSA and all websites have been discovered EMF compliant as per DoT norms.
(With Inputs from PIB)