Bharat
Mukti Morcha (BMM), Goa State expresses deep concern about the continuing
absence of mobile tower radiation monitoring in the State of Goa. Since 2014
over 50 complaints including two from BMM dated 30/7/2015 and 26/11/2015 of
Nauxim-Bambolim localities are with regard to mobile towers in Goa; are pending
with Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) without any solution.
Goa
government in the light of the public unrest formed Goa State Telecom Committee
(GSTC) headed by Chief Secretary with more IAS officers functioning as
Secretaries to Ministries of Urban Development, Environment, and Town and
Country Planning Departments as its members.
GSTC
in 2016 decided to send all the radiation related complaints from People of Goa
to Telecom Enforcement, Resources & Monitoring (TERM) Cell based at Khamla
Telephone Exchange in Nagpur, Maharashtra. TERM Cell as per directives from
GSPCB was to carry on radiation monitoring in Goa with prior intimation to the
complainants in Goa.
This
monitoring never took place and TERM Cell never responded to GSPCB letter of
09/09/2016 or to its reminder letters dated 24/01/2018 and 15/03/2018 sent
after follow up from BMM in person as well as via letter dated 7/2/2018.
Total
incompetence in radiation monitoring has been again brought to the notice of
GSTC on 15/03/2018 by Shivanand Salelkar, Superintending Engineer, GSPCB with
intimation to BMM. In this connection BMM considers it is important for wider
public involvement as radiation even though it is without sound, form and
colour do carry lethal capacity inflict damage on life forms on plants,
animals, birds and humans even though mobile companies are attempting to
silence dissent by various brainwashing tactics like publicity and co-option of
political leaders such as all MLAs of Goa.
Currently no one seems to the taking
radiation monitoring in Goa seriously with Goa’s political decision making
powers located in Panjim, New Delhi and New York playing deaf. Why State Level
Telecom Monitoring Committee has not followed up on this important matter of
Public Health? Why entire population of Goa has been put into risk of radiation
emitted from mobile towers?
In
the light of the above we call upon you to do the following:
1. Make
all mobile towers all over Goa dysfunctional till regular monitoring mechanism
for radiation monitoring is installed in Goa as Term Cell located in Nagpur is
not bothered about EMR monitoring in Goa.
2. In
the event of failure to install full fledged radiation monitoring system in Goa
stop mobile towers permanently and uproot existing mobile towers.
3. Install
full fledged radiation monitoring system in Goa with public participation. Set
up Peoples’ radiation monitoring groups armed with radiation monitors and
induct this issue in existing groups across the State of Goa.
Maggie
Silveira
President
Goa State
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