Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon bid to allay fears on mobile towers

GURUGRAM: Officials from the MCG and the telecom department tried to allay residents' apprehensions about radiation from mobile towers causing health hazards while talking to representatives of several RWAs on Saturday.

In an interactive session, MCG additional commissioner Narhir Bangar said it is important such doubts are cleared in order to realise the idea of a digital economy and a digital country. "There are different apprehensions about the installation of mobile towers among people. Some believe that it causes radiations and impacts their health, while others blame the towers for the reducing number of birds. None of these claims are true," said Bangar.

"There is no evidence supporting the claims that mobile towers are harmful to health. Although there is a heating effect, multiple studies have shown that these towers do not impact human health," said T K Joshi, advisor to the Union health ministry.

There are around 5,000 mobile towers in Gurgaon.

The MCG and district administration receive several complaints against mobile tower installation regularly.