The MCD has framed a policy to regularise cellphone towers in the city which will be tabled in its Standing Committee meeting tomorrow.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today said it will remove mobile towers installed on schools, hospitals and dispensaries soon while those companies operating illegal cell towers in various parts of the city will have to apply for regularisation under new norms to be brought by the civic agency.
The MCD has framed a policy to regularise cellphone towers in the city which will be tabled in its Standing Committee meeting tomorrow.
"The installation of mobile towers in not allowed on school buildings and hospitals as per the present policy also. These towers will be removed but they will be given at least 15 days times so that the network is not affected in the city," Ram Kishan Singhal, the chairman of the Standing Committee, said.
Officials said out of 4,532 mobile towers in the city, only 2,015 have requisite permission and the remaining 2,517 were illegal. Out of the 2,500 towers, applications of 1,600 were pending with MCD while 900 were completely illegal.
Under the new policy, these 900 will have to apply for regularisation failing which action will be taken against them. The civic agency is yet to decide on the time frame it will give to cellular providers to conform to the new norms.
"We are planning to give cellular providers two weeks to a month to apply for permission under the new policy. Some of the new norms that have been included in the policy is to make the owner of the building a co-applicant while seeking permission to erect a cell tower, taking permission from head of department (building) and RWAs.
"In case of group housing societies, permission will have to be sought from all flat occupants in the building," Singhal said.
The amount payable by the providers to MCD for installation of a tower will be increased from the present amount of Rs1 lakh and will vary between Rs3 to 5 lakh, said Meera Aggarwal, who is heading the sub-committee for formulation of mobile tower policy.
Aggarwal said the MCD will take a middle way so that there are no health hazards and the cell network is also not disrupted.
The MCD has also decided to give preference to those places for setting up of tower which are visited by people for least time period, like markets and shopping places.
Singhal today called a meeting to discuss the policy of erection of cell towers. Agarwal and other members of the sub-committee, Additional Commissioner (Engg) RK Srivastava, Chief Town Planner VK Bugga, Chief Law Officer Gian Parkash and Zonal Deputy Commissioners were present in the meeting.
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