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* THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
CALL WAITING 2 Months On & Govt Still Hunts For Experts To Study Claims Of Illegal Mobile Phone Towers & Radiation Risk
‘Cell tower watchdog to be set up in 10 days’
Malathy Iyer & Clara Lewis | TNN was no substantial evi- the gamut of illnesses arising out of sponsible for neutralising free radi-
dence to prove it. The fear mobile radiation—from psychiatric cals that have the ability to destroy
Mumbai: Two months after promis- seems to have arrived on illnesses to hormonal imbalances. cellular composition and thus increase
HEALTH HAZARDS
ing to set up a committee to study the Indian shores. The state Manoj Londhe, a member of the the risk of cancer. He said that his of-
harmful effects of radiation from mo- boasts of a Mobile Tower Mobile Tower Grievances Forum fice building had a mobile tower. “I
● Feared to trigger various cancers. Scientists feel radiation
bile towers, the state government has Grievances Forum that has who was instrumental in the is- was on leave for a week and did a test
from mobile towers\phone affect the melatonin levels in the
managed to do little. The reason? The taken upon itself the task of sue being raised in the legisla- to detect the levels of melatonin hor-
body, increasing the risk of cancer. Melatonin is a chemical that
apparent dearth of expertise in the educating ministers and the tive council, said there is an in- mone. It was 26 pg/ml. I repeated the
field of electromagnetic radiation. common man about the creasing incidence of residents test after a couple of days of return-
go through body and clears up cells of free radicals
The state is scrounging for experts health hazards associated with living on the top floor of build- ing to work and the levels had dropped
● Increase risk of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, as
who can sit on a technical committee mobile towers. Rules regarding ings with mobile towers suffer- to 20 pg/ml. A drop in these hormones
radiation damage the blood-brain barrier, harming brain cells
needed to assess the damage, if at all, setting up of mobile towers are ing from different kinds of can- is a trigger for cancer.
● Feared to cause DNA damage/ mutation
caused by mobile towers erected atop laid down by the BMC and deal cer. Another member cites the Most telephone companies have
● Leads to impotency
buildings. Ministers claim they are with a building and estab- theory of melatonin hormone, over 50,000 towers each already. The
● Increase fatigue, sleeplessness, restlessness
trying to cobble together a team with- lishment. which states that rush to install mid- and smaller towns
● Cause various skin diseases
in the next week itself. Says Dr Shashank the hormone, pro- will now begin, say experts, as India’s
The issue was raised by BJP leg- Joshi, endocrinologist duced mainly mobile customer base is poised to in-
AS PER ICNIRP GUIDELINES
islator Vinod Tawde in the legislative with Lilavati Hospital during rest at crease from 500 million to 700 million
● Radiation emitted from mobile tower antenna should
council during the last assembly ses- who wrote a research pa- night, is re- in the next two years. Efforts to talk
necessarily be less than 600 mW/m2
sion held in December. “We have giv- per on mobile radiation to mobile companies were not fruit-
● In India, antennae having capacity of 7260
en an assurance to the House, but we in the medical journal ful. But mobile companies have time
mW/m2, have been found to be installed
want experts and not people who rep- JAPI last year, “Both and again stated that the fears are
resent the industry,’’ said state health mobile towers and exaggerated. Their position—as
● The N K Ganguly Commission of ICMR, New
minister Suresh Shetty. He said that phones are a cause for ratified by the ICMR’s committee
Delhi, in its report submitted to the Union
a five-member technical committee concern due to the ra- set up in 2005—is that height of
health ministry in 2006 observed that
will be set up “within a week to 10 diation they emit. But mobile towers should be 36 m so
generally, the height of a mobile tower is 36m.
days” to look into the medical aspects. mobile towers are defi- that they don’t affect the person
Hence people on road would not suffer from
Radiation risk is a hotly debated nitely a cause for greater on the street. The argument put
radiation. But people closer than 36m from
topic across the world, with the US concern than phones. We forth by naysayers is that mobile
antennae may suffer from radiation
Congress declaring only a few months need proper rules like towers set up on buildings are
ago that while there’s fear about ra- in the West to guide rarely 36 m from the top-most flats.
WHAT CELL TOWER OPERATORS SAY
diation from mobile phones\towers their installation.’’ In other words, people living on
● Radio waves are non-ionising radiations
increasing the risk of cancer, there His paper listed out the top floor are sitting ducks.
● Only dangerous if you stand directly in front of antennae. All
Mahesh Benkar
other angles are safe
● No harm below the antenna
A trio’s
Clara Lewis & Malathy Iyer | TNN stances. They managed to glean in- ●
TV/ mobile phone have more harmful radiations than those
formation that Navi Mumbai alone
emitted from mobile tower antenna
Mumbai: Dadar resident M S Londhe un- has 322 illegal mobile towers. “How
● People are becoming unnecessarily hyper
derstands all to well that it’s difficult to de- do these mobile towers get elec-
journey to
rail technology. But what he seeks is its ap- trical power supply?’’ they ask. PAST STUDIES
plication in a healthy manner. The Mobile The forum has also studied
● A study in Austria observed that the erection of mobile
Towers Grievances Forum of which he is a scientific literature in detail. Their
telephone base stations areas can have possible health effects
member has a one-point agenda: To bring about slides show that in recent years, in-
caused by emitted microwaves. Cognitive tests were
get their
some order in the present situation where mobile crease in childhood leukaemia death has
towers seem to be springing up all over the city. increased 274 fold. “In the US, brain cancer has
performed, and wellbeing and sleep quality were assessed.
The hazard first broke into his consciousness increased by 25% since 1975. Switzerland has adopt-
Average power density was slightly higher in the rural area
when the housing society he lives in decided to al- Pune-based A M Joshi, (retd) advisor on wireless ed strict limits for cell towers ordinance on non-
(0.05 mW/m2) than in the urban area (0.02 mW/m2). There was
message
low a mobile company to set up a tower. As resi- to the government of India, and Latur-based Milind ionising radiation protection...’’ The trio has
a significant relation of some symptoms to measured power
dents of the top floor, the Londhes were worried Bembalkar who is one of the founding members worked out a solution. “A separate cell should be
density; this was the highest for headaches
about the harmful effects of the radiation. But of the Mobile Towers Grievances Forum. formulated to issue permits, monitor radiation
● A Finnish study concluded that the time spent using mobile
they lost the battle of sorts with the housing so- They have used the power of the RTI bill to levels and listen to the grievances of citizens,’’ phones lead to inactivity. Increasing use of information and
heard
ciety as the majority voted in favour of the rev- garner whole lot of data: according to ICNIRP reg- says the forum. For Mumbai, Londhe feels, tow- communication technology may be related to the obesity
enue-generating idea. In the meantime, Londhe ulations, mobile antennae should be kept at least ers could be installed on beaches, hill tops, rail- epidemic among adolescents
had tapped the online world to garner support 100 m away from schools and hospitals. But in way tracks, etc. Now, it is up to the government to
among like-minded people. That is how he met Mumbai this rule has been flouted in many in- listen, he said.
Source: Article published by Dr S Joshi in JAPI
GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA
CENTRAL RAILWAY
THE TIMES OF INI)IA
Director General and Inspector General of Police, Karnataka State, Banga lore
No: CTRS.1/l 34/2009-10 Dated: 22.2.2010
Short term tender for supply of Bullet Proof Helmets
Sealed tenders in two -cover system are invited for supply of the following
In the Tender Notice No. 56! 2009 dtd. 05.02.2010 due foropening on 18.03.2010 the
Bullet -Proof Helmets and Bullet-Proof jackets and Bullet-Proof jackets of
approximate cost of the work and EMD are changed due to administrative reason. The
360 degree for Police Department including Bangalore city. Details are as
earlier noticed cost and corrected costar e tabulated below : The approximate cost
Earlier Noticed cost
;
Re. 35 ,20,351/-
follows: (1) Light Armour Bullet Proof jacket s-800 Nos. (2) Hard Armour
.
Corrected cost ; Re. 34 ,88,891/-. EMD
Earlier Noticed cost : Re. 70,410/-, Corrected cost : Rs. 69,974/-. The other
. Bullet -Proof jackets-750 Nos. (3) Hard Armour Bullet-Proof jackets of 360
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terms and conditions with TOO will remain unchan ed. SNP-SIH
degree -100 Nos. (4) Bullet-Proof Helmets-1000 Nos. Sealed tenders
shall be submitted to the additional director General of Police , Law and
Avoid Queues. Buy Your Tickets Through ATVM
Order, Office of the Director General and on or before date: 5.3.2010 by
4.00
p.nl . Tender forms containing detailed terms and conditions and
specifications of the item to be supplied can be obtained upto 12.00 noon
on 5.3.2010. The cost of each tender forms is Rs. 500/- , EMD Rs. 14,54,000!-
The tender envelope will be opened in the office of Additional Director General
of Police, Law and Order, Bangalore. On 8.3.2010 4.00 pm. Further details
can be had from the above office. DIP-2535
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Office of the Executive Engineer,
No. 1, Buildings Division,
NOTICE INVITING TENDER NO. 04/09-10
Karnataka
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Public Works , Ports and Inland Water
Sealed Tenders are invited from the reputed genuine suppliers /
Transport Department, S.J.P. Campus ,
manufacturers/authorized dealers , for the following
SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENTS, who have valid registration/
Sheshadri Road , Bangalore , KARNATAKA
Telephone No. : 080-22255210, Fax No.: 080-22250755,
income tax/sales tax numbers .
E-mail : eebldl©kpwd.gov.in Equipment Name Quantity
AN ISO 9001
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2000 Certified Division 1 Preparatory Gel Electrophoresis Unit
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1 no.
Tender Mo, EE:Bldl:AE(H):359:2009-10 Dated: 25.02.2010
2 Column Chromatography I no.
3 Bench-top Fermentation Unit 1 no.
CORRIGENDUM
4 PCR/Thermocycler with Accessories 1 7
5 Tangial Flow Filtration System with Cassettes 1 no.
TO TENDER NOTIFICATION NO. EE:BLDI:AE(H):327:2009-1O
DATED 01102/2010
6 Liquid Nitrogen Cylinder and other Accessories 1 no.
The last date for the submission of the bids for Wet lease of ONE number
7 Laminar Flow System 1 no.
twin engine medium (08 to 10 Seater) helicopter has been extended as
5% of the value of the Equipment as EMD to be remitted
mentioned below . All other details of the o gina l tender noti licati on dated along with the Tender Document
05.12.2009 remains unchanged. Cost of Tender Document is Rs. 500/- by cash or Demand Draft ,
1. Tender Closing date arid time forsubmission of bids : 1O.03.2010at4.00 P.M.
and by post Rs. 750/- (Demand Draft in favor of ‘ICAR Unit A/c,
Refere-procurement portal (www
.eproc.karnataka.gov.in)
NBAII , Bangalore’ from any Nationalized Bank, may be
2. Tender Opening date and time : 12.03.2010 at 11.00 AM
purchased from Administrative Office on all working days from
Refer e-procurement portal (www.eproc,karnataka.gov.in)
01.03.2010 to 09.03.2010 between 11.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs.
(For all other details please visit
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1. Last dateforsubmission of Tender Form:10.032010 up to 02.30 PM
2. Date of opening of Tender : 10.03.2010 at 03.00 PM
a Sd!- Executive Engineer,
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