The new guidelines which would come into force from Saturday necessitate installation of a tower at a distance of 35 meter from a residential building. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal told that non-compliance of these standards will result in a penalty of Rs. 5 lakh per tower.
With the new guidelines coming into force, the radiation emission from telecom towers will come down to 1/10th of the present level.
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) value on the mobile handsets will now be 1.6 watts/kg averaged over one gram of human tissue as against 2 watts/kg measured over 10 grams of human tissue earlier. The government will set up a testing lab for random checking of SAR values of mobile handsets.