Bangladesh
September 2019: Guidelines to minimize exposure. Authorities not to install any mobile phone tower on rooftops of residences, schools, colleges, playing fields, populated areas and heritage areas. Those installed earlier in such areas were asked to be removed.
9/2019 News Report: BTRC finalises guidelines to curb mobile tower radiation
“The High Court on April 25, 2019 directed the telecom regulator to do a thorough study within the next four months to measure the impact of radiation from telecom towers on citizens’ health and environment. In a final verdict on a seven-year-old writ petition, the HC bench, comprising Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir, came up with the directive.
The bench directed the authorities concerned not to install any mobile phone tower on rooftops of residences, schools, colleges, playing fields, populated areas and heritage areas. Those installed earlier in such areas were asked to be removed.”
April 2019: Court Directive on Cell Tower Radiation
According to news reports in Bangladesh, a High Court (HC) has issued an 11-point directive to protect public health and environment from cell tower radiation.
THE 11-POINT DIRECTIVE
- The radiation level of the mobile phone tower must be reduced to 1 percent from the permissible level of 10 percent;
- Remove the mobile phone towers installed on the rooftop of homes, schools, colleges, hospitals, clinics, jails , playgrounds, populated areas, heritage and archaeological sites and no more installations on those places;
- Take security measures to control higher level of radiations;
- Check whether there is any obstacle in acquiring land or take alternate measures in order to installation of towers;
- Follow the radiation levels in line with the BTRC, International Telecommunication Union or ITU and International Electrotechnical Commission or IEC standards;
- Replace over-radiated towers with new ones;
- Hold the BTRC accountable for tower verification and monitoring tests;
- Form a BTRC monitoring cell to control health risks;
- The BTRC will form an alternative dispute resolution committee and will ask the licence holders to submit progress report every 6 months;
- Specific absorption rate or SAR value should be showed on mobile set so that it can be visible;
- Monitor every report and record submitted by the licence holders concerned up to five years.
News Reports
2019 April 25, High Court orders BTRC to report on mobile phone tower radiation, BDNews24.com
October 2019 HC’s full verdict removing mobile towers from sensitive places
