Mobile Tower Radiation
HC orders govt to probe
The High Court yesterday ordered the government to examine the level of radiation emitting from mobile-phone towers, assess its effect on health and environment, and submit two separate reports to it.
It also issued a rule upon the government officials concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to stop radiation emission from mobile-phone towers set up across the country.
The HC bench of Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das came up with the order and rule after hearing a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB).
The court asked Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) chairman to examine the radiation level after visiting some towers of different mobile phone operators and submit a report to it in four weeks.
It also ordered the health secretary to form a seven-member expert committee in a week to assess the impacts of radiation on human body and environment, and submit a report in three months.
HRPB filed the petition yesterday as public interest litigation following a report broadcast by Ekushey Television on October 18 which said equipment in mobile-phone towers emit radiation that is harmful to the human body.
Deputy Attorney General Khurshidul Alam represented the government during yesterday's hearing.
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