Implementation Of Laws & Policies On Mobile Towers & Mobile Phone Radiation Levels In India: A Case Study Of Bathinda City

Abstract

Mobile phones are now an inevitable part of our day to day life. Besides being a communication device it is also being used for information and entertainment purposes. With the advancement in the telecommunication sector, the number of mobile towers and base transceiver stations has also increased significantly. This increase introduced the society to an unwanted evil i.e. radiation being emitted from the antennas of the mobile towers. Numerous studies show the ill effects of the radiation emitted from the mobile towers on the health of human beings as well as animals. The present study is an attempt to check the implementation of Laws & Policies available in India regarding the radiation from the mobile towers and infrastructural guidelines relating to the same. The study concludes that all the mobile towers situated in Bathinda City are radiating within the limits prescribed by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The study further shows that all the mobile towers taken as a sample are also in compliance with the infrastructure guidelines issued by the DoT. It is observed during the study that a large number of towers were operator certified towers. It is suggested that all the towers should be certified based on the tests carried out by the DoT rather than on the basis of the self-compliance certificate submitted by the operators. If due to certain procedural of financial issues it is tough to implement then it is further suggested that the certification done by the operator shall be cross-checked by the DoT at least once in a year to verify the authenticity of certificates submitted by the telecom operators