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Portal on mobile tower emissions

May 02, 2017 08:41 pm | Updated 08:41 pm IST - New Delhi

The Telecom Department Tuesday opened a web portal — ‘tarang sanchar’ — to allay misconceptions and fear of health issues due to Electro-Magnetic Fields (EMF) emissions from mobile phone towers.

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Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said, “some people have been propagating myths and misconceptions” about EMF emissions to prevent development, adding that the Centre has been making efforts to dispel such myths. One can check any tower and its EMF signal compliance status, he said.

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