The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on 14 August 2012 issued an advisory to reduce the negative impact of Electro Magnetic Radiations emanating from the communication towers. Acting on the recommendations made by an expert panel, constituted to Study the possible Impacts of Communication Towers on Wildlife including Birds and Bees, the ministry issued numerous guidelines.
Some of the major directives issued by the MoEF are as follows:
1. Regular Electro Magnetic Radiation (EMR) to be conducted in urban localities and ecologically sensitive regions.
2. New mobile towers not to be set up within the 1 km radius of existing towers.
3. Any study conducted on impact of EMR radiation on wildlife needs to be shared with Forest Department andDepartment of Telecommunications to facilitate appropriate policy formulations.
4. The location and frequencies of cell phone towers and other towers emitting EMR, should be madeavailable in public domain.
5. State governments are urged to spread awareness among the people about the negative impacts of EMR using different media.
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