Telecom Lead India: Telecom industry body COAI said the
mobile industry continues to be compliant even with the new emission norms
proposed by the DoT.
COAI said the Indian telecom industry has been proactive
to adopt and ensure compliance with the International safety standards on EMF
exposure limits, upholding public health and environment as its foremost
concern.
In 2008, the industry alongside DoT took the lead in
setting up standards for EMF emissions, global standards were reviewed and the
ICNIRP standards were adopted as they provided the safest margins to ensure no adverse
effects on the health of the people.
Recently, when the Inter Ministerial Committee, as a
precautionary measure, recommended that the standards be lowered to
1/10th of the present ICNIRP standards, the industry has gone an extra
mile to ensure compliance with the same.
Rajan S Mathews, director general, COAI, said being
sensitive to the concerns of the people, the industry voluntarily undertook
proactive measures and underwent a massive transition in its network
infrastructure which was redesigned significantly to meet the prescribed norms.
COAI head said that the industry has been compliant of
the exposure limits and will continue to work along with the DoT to ensure that
compliance is maintained in this area.
The partnership with the government will continue in this
sphere to assuage the concerns that the public has regarding the health effects
of EMF emissions from mobile towers and ensure that they are informed of the true
scientific facts on the matter and be assured that their safety is being
safeguarded with utmost sincerity and priority by the industry.
