Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 06:25 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

In a first, SC orders BSNL to shut mobile tower over cancer patient's plea

Development comes despite repeated claims by the Centre that no such health hazard exists

tower
Premium

BS Web Team New Delhi
In a first, the Supreme court has ordered that a BSNL mobile phone tower in Gwalior shut down on the plea of a 42-year old cancer patient, reported ET Telecom on Wednesday.

This the first time that a mobile tower has been ordered to be deactivated on the grounds that the electromagnetic radiation emanating from it has caused cancer in an individual, the report added.  

Harish Chand Tiwari, a domestic help who had been working in Gwalior's Dal Baazar area, had moved the apex court last year, complaining that a BSNL mobile phone tower, which was

What you get on BS Premium?

  • Unlock 30+ premium stories daily hand-picked by our editors, across devices on browser and app.
  • Pick your 5 favourite companies, get a daily email with all news updates on them.
  • Full access to our intuitive epaper - clip, save, share articles from any device; newspaper archives from 2006.
  • Preferential invites to Business Standard events.
  • Curated newsletters on markets, personal finance, policy & politics, start-ups, technology, and more.
VIEW ALL FAQs

Need More Information - write to us at assist@bsmail.in