The Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha launched Tarang Sanchar, a web portal for Information sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF Emission Compliances .
The portal will allow users to get a tower or base station checked for radiation emission, for a fee of INR 4,000.
Over 25,000 studies by WHO in the last 30 years provide no proof that EMF radiation has any harmful effect on human health.
Indian norms had prescribed 10 times stricter limits for radiation emission in comparison to global standards.
There are 14.5 lakh base stations (BTSs) spread across the country of all technologies (2G, 3G, 4G etc.) and of all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).
The portal will be a mile stone for transparency, fair play, citizen empowerment and will finally lead to a knowledge economy.
Any person can request for EMF emission measurement at a location by paying a nominal fee of INR 4000/- online.
The tests will be conducted by the local Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) filed unit of DoT and the test report will be provided to the requestor.
The portal also has ‘EMF Overview’ and ‘Learn’ Sections, which provide numerous articles, booklets and videos, to further educate the citizens about EMF and coverage of telecom services.
