What is
the Impact of Mobile Radiations on Forest Areas ?
Mobile phone towers have been permitted inside forests in states. The
State-wise number of mobile phone towers permitted inside forests under Forest
(Conservation) Act, 1980 is given in the Annexure. There is no
proposal to direct the telecom operators to remove these towers from the forest
areas.
Annexure
“Impact
of Mobile Radiations on Forest Areas”
State-wise
number of mobile phone towers permitted inside forests in the country
|
S. No.
|
Name of the State/
Union Territory
|
Number of Mobile
Towers permitted
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
01
|
|
2
|
Goa
|
01
|
|
3
|
Gujarat
|
01
|
|
4
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
01
|
|
5
|
Maharashtra
|
01
|
|
6
|
Tamil Nadu
|
01
|
|
7
|
Tripura
|
04
|
|
8
|
Uttarakhand
|
06
|
|
Grand Total
|
16
|
|
The Minister of State for Environment and
Forests (independent
charge) Shrimati Jayanthi Natarajan gave this
information in a written reply to a question by Shri
S.R. Jeyadurai in Lok Sabha
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