By Ali Raza
LAHORE: THE Environment Protection Department (EPD) Punjab has decided to come hard on BTS towers installed by the telecommunication companies across the province without getting any NOC from the department.
Sources in the department said that the department had directed its field formations in all districts of the Punjab to start examination of the towers, so that action could be taken against those installed towers for which no NOC was taken from the department. The department has also directed its officials to check those towers which were polluting the local environment by noise, vibration or smoke of their generators.
The EPD sources said according to rules, all the cellular companies desirous to install BTS towers or antennas needed to submit documents to DCO regarding site plan of the proposed site and site details (whether to be installed on rooftop, building premises or op
en plot). He said the companies also needed to present structural stability certificate from a qualified structural engineer or engineering company registered with the Pakistan Engineering Council and countersigned by the director concerned of the mobile telephone company.
The companies also must submit NOC from Civil Aviation Authority wherever required, affidavit from the concerned owner of the property, detailed design of the tower and ownership proof. They are also required to present NOC from environmental protection authority or district officer environment for that particular location for generator set only.
Tariq Zaman, District Officer (Environment) while talking with The News, said that the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) had also initiated a strong campaign against the installation of BTS towers in residential localities. He said around 1200 to 1500 BTS towers of different telecommunication companies and internet providers had been installed in the city and claimed that about 30 per cent of these were installed without getting any NOC from the CDGL.
He said the CDGL had already proposed the government to discourage installation of BTS Towers in residential areas and they must be installed in commercial or industrial areas. In thickly populated localities, these towers should be installed on the rooftops of big commercial centers, he said.
Published in Daily The News on Friday, February 05, 2010.
LAHORE: THE Environment Protection Department (EPD) Punjab has decided to come hard on BTS towers installed by the telecommunication companies across the province without getting any NOC from the department.
Sources in the department said that the department had directed its field formations in all districts of the Punjab to start examination of the towers, so that action could be taken against those installed towers for which no NOC was taken from the department. The department has also directed its officials to check those towers which were polluting the local environment by noise, vibration or smoke of their generators.
The EPD sources said according to rules, all the cellular companies desirous to install BTS towers or antennas needed to submit documents to DCO regarding site plan of the proposed site and site details (whether to be installed on rooftop, building premises or op
en plot). He said the companies also needed to present structural stability certificate from a qualified structural engineer or engineering company registered with the Pakistan Engineering Council and countersigned by the director concerned of the mobile telephone company.The companies also must submit NOC from Civil Aviation Authority wherever required, affidavit from the concerned owner of the property, detailed design of the tower and ownership proof. They are also required to present NOC from environmental protection authority or district officer environment for that particular location for generator set only.
Tariq Zaman, District Officer (Environment) while talking with The News, said that the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) had also initiated a strong campaign against the installation of BTS towers in residential localities. He said around 1200 to 1500 BTS towers of different telecommunication companies and internet providers had been installed in the city and claimed that about 30 per cent of these were installed without getting any NOC from the CDGL.
He said the CDGL had already proposed the government to discourage installation of BTS Towers in residential areas and they must be installed in commercial or industrial areas. In thickly populated localities, these towers should be installed on the rooftops of big commercial centers, he said.
Published in Daily The News on Friday, February 05, 2010.
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