Show cause notice to Reliance Jio mobile tower at Tonk, Candola

Mobile Tower radiation hazards for Students, Teacher, Parents and Public

Date: 1^st March 2019

To,

Chief Secretary, and Chairman of State Level Telecom Committee (STC),

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

To,

Secretary (Urban Development),

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

To,

Secretary (Education)

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

To,

Secretary (Health)

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

To,

Principal Secretary (Environment)

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

Subject: Mobile Tower radiation hazards for Students, Teacher, Parents and Public

Dear Sir/Madam,

We wish to draw your attention to the indisputable evidence of radiation hazards from mobile towers presented in Bio initiative 2007 that got upgraded in 2012 and 2017. All the three editions are available online with simple google search is prepared by 29 scientists from 10 countries in the world including 02 of them from India. The report that contains over 1500 pages is not sponsored by any electrical or telecom company and is outspoken on radiation hazards faced by human beings and need for the applicability of Precautionary Principle to face the radiation emitting from towers, mobile phones etc.

We write this letter to you after our tryst with Goa Government to request for the monitoring of mobile tower radiation in Goa. From our correspondence with Goa State Pollution Control Board it has been revealed that Goa Government does not have facility for monitoring of mobile tower radiation and people who are raising this issue are directed towards term centre in Nagpur, Pune etc. This has been the experience for past three years.

Now we have come across Bio imitative Reports and realized that mobile phone and mobile tower radiation is one of the cause of several diverse sicknesses such as breast cancer, rising infertility, high hearing frequency loss, fatigue, Partial memory loss, Dizziness, Sleeping Disorders, Skin infections, Hearing impairments, Cardiac Problems,  Cancer, depression, insomnia, ovarian cancer, vision loss in school children from smart phones, brain tumors, migraine, joint pains, memory loss, effects on gene and protein exposure, damage to immune system, Effects on neurology, childhood concerns, Alzheimer’s diseases, Autism,  etc.

In view of the above dangerous scenario created by mobile phone technology you are requested to take up following urgent steps:

1.       Review the guidelines for installation of Mobile Base Stations Towers, Goa State in the light of evidence of radiation hazard contained in Bio-initiative 2012 and its upgraded version of 2017. We will be happy to share the soft copies of these reports on request.

2.       Examine the enforcement of the guidelines for installation of Mobile Base Stations Towers, Goa State. There are over 50 complaints received at GSPCB office and many are hanging in limbo as no radiation monitoring is done for four years either from Nagpur or from Pune. Induct efficient radiation testing capacity for the State of Goa.

3.       Initiate mobile tower audit for all the Educational and residential localities in Goa. Installations, it is observed, are carried on in violation of the guidelines mentioned. Barely 10 meters away from the residential house of Mr. Placid D’Souza there is mobile tower in Mapusa with 17 antennae. Barely 20 meters from Holy Cross High School, Siolim, there is mobile Tower with nearly 20 antennae. Mobile Tower is being installed in residential areas in Curduwada, Khandola, Ponda and opposed by villagers. And so is the case in Merces, Tiswadi. Mobile Towers set up in residential areas in Bambolim-Nauxim villages in spite of public opposition. All these are without any monitoring facility of radiation.

4.       Initiate discussions and awareness on radiation hazard in schools, colleges and public forums like media, Panchayats. Goa boasts of being most literate state. Its time Goa also becomes most radiation literate rather than surrender our destiny to vested interests and telecom bullies who does not like questioning of mobile tower radiation.

All these measures are necessary otherwise Goa will face accumulated impact of low intensity radiation over the next few years, and we request you to oblige and take action.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

        Sd/-

Maggie Silveira

President, Goa Unit

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Objections to mobile tower at Tonca-Kurdowada, Khandola, Marcela, Goa

Why Goa needs to depend upon Nagpur for radiation monitoring?

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

Mobile Towers radiation monitoring a must in Goa

It is confirmed yet again that mobile companies are allowed to operate in Goa without any mechanism in place to check their tower radiation emission. Goa though has State Telecom Committee headed by its Chief Secretary with officials Chief Town Planner, Secretary (Urban Development)  with member-secretary of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) currently it looks to be in paralysis, in active. The situation is dangerous not only to human beings but to every life form in Goa. 

Goa has no facility to monitor radiation in spite of recent bravado talks by State Political leaders like Manohar Parrikar and Vijay Sardesai. Goa wrote to Term Cell in Nagpur Maharashtra on 09/09/2016 to carry on EMI monitoring but nothing has happened till date in spite of one reminder letter after gap of 15 months and 15 days on 24/01/2018.  Still there is no reply. Goa Government wrote again on 15/03/2018 to Nagpur and still hope to get reply.

Why Goa government still lingering on Nagpur for radiation monitoring in Goa?Are there no other agencies who can do monitoring and give radiation update reports?

Now the ball is in the court of Member - Secretary, Goa State Telecom Committee to act. We share here the documents in this regard for wider public to know and act. BMM has followed up we have received above replies from GSPCB Superintending Engineer Shivanand Salelkar. How mobile towers are sanctioned in the first place without radiation monitoring in place in Goa? Forever depend upon term cell in Nagpur? And as now is the case they ignore Goa's requests Goa Government keeps silent over such a massive disaster? If Goa continues to be incompetent in radiation monitoring then they should be shut down till monitoring facility is set up in Goa State.

Several people and groups all over Goa has filed complaints against mobile towers fearing radiation threats to life but Goa's Ministry of environment is behaving totally irresponsible manner. It looks like Political leadership has no guts to speak out on this reality or are they been silenced by mobile phone companies?

Bharat Mukti Morcha has two complaints pending against mobile towers in Bambolim-Nauxim villages in Tiswadi taluka.

As it matters to human as well as other lives the Goa State Telecom Committee must be be decisive enough to act with immediate effect. Will Chief Secretary of Goa act on this or not? Or Goa CM Parrikar will stop any action on mobile towers? People of Goa are watching your irresponsibilities and are disgusted of your inaction for past year and half.

Incompetence in mobile tower radiation emission monitoring in Goa

Date: 7^th February 2018

To,

The Minister of Environment,

Government of Goa, Secretariat,

Porvorim, Goa

To,

The Principal Secretary

(Environment and Forest)

Secretariat, Panjim, Goa

To,

The Member Secretary

The Goa State Pollution Control Board, Panjim, Goa

To,

The Dy. Director General (Term Cell)

2^nd Floor, Khamla Telephone Exchange,

Khamal, Nagpur – 440 025

Subject: Incompetence in mobile tower radiation emission monitoring in Goa

Sirs,

We wish to bring to your attention complete lethargy in installing mobile tower radiation emissions in the State of Goa. As per the letter and its attachments to Bharat Mukti Morcha bearing no.10/1/16-PCB/Tech/1059 dated 12/09/2016 signed by Environmental Engineer of Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) Mr. Sanjeev Joglekar following facts are revealed:

1.      Our two complaints dated 30/07/2015 and 26/11/2015 signed by hundreds of people in Nauxim-Bambolim localities along with several others in Goa has been jointly sent to the Dy. Director General (Term Cell) at 2^nd floor, Khamla Telephone Exchange, Khamal, Nagpur 440025 vide letter dated 09/09/2016 bearing no10/01/16-PCB/Tech/10557 with a request to carry out EMR monitoring at various informed locations. Term Cell was also requested to intimate the board the date and time in advance so that the complainant can remain present during the inspection. In this regard we wish to let you know that so far we as complainant have not received any intimation of inspection by term cell of mobile towers in Bambolim – Nauxim localities. Moreover we wish to let you know that our verbal inquiry at the office of Goa State Pollution Control Board has confirmed that Term Cell has not contacted GSPCB to carry on any inspection of mobile towers in Goa. As a result our complaints have remained unattended for more than two years. And we are aware that mobile tower complaints to GSPCB are from as early as 2012.

2.      The decision to sent Goa Complaints to Term Cell to Nagpur has that of State level Telecom Committee meeting held on 20/07/2016 attended by the Chief Secretary R.K. Srivastava, Levinson Martins, Member –Secretary, Dr. Puttaraju, Chief Town Planner and representative from Department of Urban Development who name is not readable on the minutes copy provided to us. We ask as to 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 in Nauxim – Bambolim locality and 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.      Install full fledged radiation monitoring system in Goa with public participation.

3.      In the event of failure to install full fledged radiation monitoring system in Goa stop mobile towers permanently and uproot existing mobile towers.

Kindly do the needful; act swiftly or else this lead to unpredictable irreversible and dangerous consequences to Public Health in Goa.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

Maggie Silveira,

President, Goa State

Sanjay Pereira

Convener, Cacra unit  

Rohidas Andrade

Convener, Bambolim unit

Socorro Braganza

Convener, Siridao Unit

Anthony Cardozo

Convener, Curca Unit

Sitaram Pereira

Convener, Odxel Unit

Milind Palkar

Convener, Nauxi unit

Ms. Kalpana Diukar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Chandrakant Lotlikar

Secretary, Siridao Unit

Hanuman Dias

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Honu Divkar,

Co-convener, Odxel Unit

Deu Kankonkar

Secretary, Nauxi Unit

Yeshwant Shirvoikar,

Co-convener, Odxel Unit

Manguesh Sawant,

Co-convener, Odxel unit

Amir Mardolkar,

Co-convener, Nauxim Unit

Francis Coelho,

Co-convener, Nauxim Unit

Ms. Jaya Kuttikar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Jonu Shirvoikar,

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Ms. Sheila D’mello,

Co-convener, Cacra Unit

Ashok Kukalkar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Ganashyam Diukar

Co-convenor, Odxel

Uttam Martins

C0-convener, Odxel Unit

Rohit Hadkonkar,

Co-convenor, Bambolim Unit

Sanju Diukar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit,

Chandrakanth Rosario

Co-convenor, Cacra Unit

Vijay Sawant

Co-convenor, Cacra Unit

Ragunath Sautodkar

Co-convenor, Cacra Unit

Mahadev Andre Rosario

Co-convenor, Nauxim Unit

Call to uproot all Reliance Jio towers in Goa

Bharat Mukti Morcha (BMM), Goa Unit has taken note of disturbing behaviour of corportate entity Reliance Jio involved in installing mobile tower in Navelim, Salcete. BMM extends support and solidarity to People of Navelim and calls for the uprooting of all the mobile towers of Reliance JIO in Goa as they are installed with short circuited permissions from Goa State government without public consultation with affected population. Goa government has no facility to monitor radiation emissions from mobile towers. Reliance owned by Ambanis that own this corporate has acquired gross power over political system of India and that has led to the corroding of nation's soul. Lord Acton said more than century ago "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Reliance mobile towers are for the surveillance ends obsessed by control over public. We reproduce statement dated September 11, 2017 on this issue from Navelim Civic and Consumer Forum in public interest to combat current principle of ruling elites of India: Sab ke Sath Sab ka Vinash, सब के साथ सब का विनाश

: with every one destruction is a must! 

(For Flag icon thanks to Joules Themudo)


Navelim Civic & Consumer Forum condemns the action of Reliance Jio for filing false FIRs against respectable and diligent villagers of Navelim who have time and again objected to illegal digging of roads without proper permissions from Authorities and that too beyond midnight.

Reliance JIO is openly venting out their frustrations to blackmail the villagers, so that the villagers will fear and back out and they can go ahead to install their towers where ever they want. NCCF vehemently condemns the use of Police machinery to intimidate those who oppose the illegal Road digging. Government has banned road digging of any kind and is not allowed till the end of Monsoons. Even those seeking water connections are made to wait.

On the contrary Reliance JIO has trespassed into the tarred Parking Lot for the Rosary Higher Secondary School on many earlier occasions. Recently some Villagers, while returning home at about 1.30 am, noticed some workers digging on the road. When questioned, it was noticed that the workers are from Reliance JIO. They immediately dialed 100 and called the Police. The Police Patrolling Van which reached the site, instead of immediately arresting the Jio workers digging the road in the middle of the night, took the names of the villagers, including those that joined later, selectively. The area where they were digging the road, was just fortnight back tarred and soling was done. 

The blanket license which Jio produces in fact states that Jio has to approach the local bodies for local permission. In addition the statues committee on road digging under District Collector has to give permission and this committee has to monitor and prepare reports every fortnight. No such thing is done. A couple of years ago NCCF had complained against Jio for cutting and damaging a bridge at Aquem-Baixo, but no action was taken. NCCF wonders why this special treatment for Jio.

Recently to a query from Village Panchayat Navelim, the Dy. Town Planners has clarified that if work of installing towers involves concreting, than permission from TCP Dept. is also required. None of this is done by Jio. Also there were no signboards at the site, mentioning the name of the company doing the work nor any safety barricades even though it was done at night time. There was no police bandobast to regulate the traffic at the Junction where there is enough traffic even at night.

NCCF request that the Police do not succumb to political pressure and do justice to the Navelim villagers. If Jio wants to pursue with this false complaint, then the villagers will be compelled to start a campaign to boycott Jio.

Goa has no facility to monitor mobile tower radiation

Goa has no facility to monitor mobile tower radiation and Term Cell in Nagpur is not bothered about doing monitoring in Goa. On 20th July 2017 it will one year since Goa Government decided to hand over monitoring of mobile tower radiation to Nagpur based Term cell in Maharashtra State of India. On September 09, 2016 letter was sent to term cell in Nagpur. 

However what shocked us now is that inquiries at Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) revealed that they have no information whether Term cell is monitoring or not even though there are several complainants to mobile towers all over Goa with backing of BJP rule in India and Goa. Term cell was meant to intimate the complainant and we are sure this has not been done as we are complaints on three occasions and listed at  GSPCB records shared here.

Radiation from Mobile towers is harmful to every living form including human, animal, birds, plants, crops, reptiles and fish. There are hundreds of scientific studies about the harmful effects of microwave radiation, and also specifically about the effects of mobile towers. E.g. the following sites tell about them and have direct links to the relevant science articles:

https://emfscientist.org/
http://www.disconnectbook.com/
http://microwavenews.com/
http://www.bioinitiative.org/
https://www.emf-portal.org/en

Another very noticeable study is at links below:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X15003988

It is however surprising that Goa government is banking upon short term memory of public to avoid monitoring of mobile towers of every service provider including idea, Vodafone and newly entered one - Reliance that went on spree of digging and installing mobile towers during night time all over Goa. Idea and Vodafone have now been merged into one after recent corporate merger.

Radiation affects everyone and its rather bizarre that Goa Government is not at all serious about monitoring of radiation. We are also aware that mobile companies has been funding political parties and that sure is immediate incentive not to raise issue of radiation from mobile towers in Goa. Only one MLA Alina Saldanha has raised public objection in press citing that mobile towers has led to drastic fall in coconut yield and she will not allow any mobile towers to be installed in her Cortalim Constituency. It looks like her resistance has been over ruled and we see mobile towers installed in Cortalim Constituency too. 

That aside, its now a matter of historical record that baring Alina Saldanha no MLA have spoken out against mobile towers in Goa. Another odd man out is former Fatorda MLA Damu Naik who is one of the complainant against mobile towers as you will notice in the list of complainants we share with you here. The list prepared by GSPCB and was given to BMM as are complainant on three occasions in Bambolim-Nauxim area in Tiswadi Taluka of Goa. All together as per documents provided by  GSPCB there are 51 complaints from different parts of Goa against mobile towers.

If Goa cannot afford to monitor radiation from mobile towers then all the mobile towers must be shut down till monitoring facility is put in place. Goa's environment minister cares a damn for radiation concern for Goa. 

We request all the public and public representatives to put this issue on the agenda and initiate action to get strict monitoring of mobile phone towers. Our ancestors lived without mobile towers and radiations for past running into thousands of years but our future generations may not live so in the presence of radiating mobile towers. 

Have a look at the documents below for study and action.

  GSPCB letter dated 12/09/2016 to BMM on mobile towers

GSPCB letter dated 09/09/2016 to term cell in Nagpur, Maharashtra to carry on radiation monitoring in Goa

 Chief Secretary of Goa convened meeting on 20/07/2016 and decided to hand over monitoring of radiation of mobile towers to Term Cell in Nagpur in presence of complainants. 

 Above and below is an inventory of complaints against mobile towers in Goa