Radiation Norms in

India

India & Cell-Towers

India & Cell-towers

• India has a wide telecom subscription base, subsequently many cell-phone towers installed

• However, off late many people have been talking about the radiation emitted by these towers & consequent health concerns

Some public concerns exaggerated by Media

Result of the concerns...

• Eventually this public concerns lead to the ‘fear’

• Fear leads to inclination towards the some fake ‘Radiation detection products’

• These products are neither authorized by Govt. nor standarized by any authentic body

• They are just fake products sold by cleaver marketeers to fool the public

Do you use such products to test the radiation levels?

If yes. Then you probably made a wrong choice

..... Because, the products are fake & not authorized by government!

Test conducted by DoT on Anti-Radiation Products

http://www.slideshare.net/theradiationdoctor/nesa-radiation-detector-detex-189-faults-unleashed-by-dot

Are these concerns valid?

• The claims are actually rubbish because the there are radiation exposure limits set by the DoT & its monitoring wing TERM Cell

• All the cell-towers comply by the radiation limits specified by DoT & hence the weak EMF cause no harm

• Hence, it zero’s down to fact that the radiation emission is under permissible limits

Then, which source do we trust?

Authentic government body – specially for radiation measurement

DoTs TERM Cell!

TERM Cell

• DoT and the Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) cells are sole authorities responsible for enforcing norms as well as compliance with respect to cell-phone towers and EMF (electromagnetic field) radiation levels

• TERM Cells have carried out the testing of radiation levels for 1770 BTSs and found that the radiations levels are in compliance of ICNIRP prescribed levels in all the tested BTSs

About DoT• Telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an

important tool for socio-economic development for a nation and hence telecom infrastructure is treated as a crucial factor to realize the socio-economic objectives in India.

• Accordingly, the Department of Telecom has been formulating developmental policies for the accelerated growth of the telecommunication services.

• The Department is also responsible for grant of licenses for various telecom services like Unified Access Service Internet and VSAT service.

• The Department is also responsible for frequency management in the field of radio communication in close coordination with the international bodies.

• It also enforces wireless regulatory measures by monitoring wireless transmission of all users in the country.

Following are its Public Sector Units

• Telecoms Engineering Center (TEC)• Center For Development Of Telemetric ( C- DOT )• Telecom Enforcement Research

Maintenance( TERM )• Telecom Regulatory Authority Of INDIA ( TRAI)• Telecom Dispute Settlement Appelet Treatment

( TDSAT)• Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited MTNL• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BSNL

What does it do?• DoT does timely R&D on cell-phone towers & radiations• The TERM Cell tests up to 10% of new BTS sites randomly at its discretion. • Additionally, the BTS sites against which there are public complaints is also tested by TERM Cell. • The testing is done as per procedures prescribed by Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) from time to time. • Also, before installation of towers, Service Providers are required to obtain necessary clearances from concerned Municipal Authorities / local bodies wherever required.

What if the site does not abide to the norms?

If a site fails to meet the EMR criterion, a penalty of Rs. 5 lakh shall be levied per BTS per service provider. Service providers

must meet the criterion within one month of the report of TERM cell in such cases, after which the site will be shut

down.

Further Research on Radiations – Report by Sachin Pilot

Further Research on Radiations – Report by Sachin Pilot

• Further, to examine the effect of EMF Radiation from base stations and mobile phones, DoT has constituted an Inter-ministerial committee consisting of officers from DoT, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Department of Biotechnology and Ministry of Environment and Forest.

• Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) in its report has indicated that most of the laboratory studies were unable to find a direct link between exposure to radio frequency radiation and health;

• Scientific studies as yet have not been able to confirm a cause-and-effect relationship between radio frequency radiation and health.

• The effect of emission from cell phone towers is not known yet with certainty. Further, the committee had also suggested certain safeguards.

What can I do if I have a doubt about radiation emissions of the cell-tower near me?

TERM Cell is the answer to all questions!

DoT/TERM cell is the single point regulatory compliance for EMF regulations & EMF related

issues

They will monitor the radiation levels in your area.

And its just a call away!

TERM Cell Website

http://202.56.229.46/DOT_EMF/DOT_EMF/Entry.aspx

• Lot of people panic when they hear about radiation & EMF

• Hence, some anti-radiation groups play upon the panic of people

• Thus, they mislead them into believing that radiation is emitted beyond certain level & is harmful

• People should rather trust an authentic & credible Government body like DoT which works in favor of common man

Conclusion

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