At a recent meeting of the Experts’ Committee formed by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to study the possible impact of communication tower on wildlife, DoT is learnt to have suggested that mobile phone operators obtain a clearance from the Wildlife Division of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for setting up mobile phone towers in the forest zone.
The committee, headed by Dr Asad Rahmani, Director of Bomaby Natural History Society, decided to formulate a set of guidelines for installation of towers so as to avoid their ill-effects on animals as well human beings.
