Mobile Tower Radiation Fear Grips Andheri Colony
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HINDUSTANTIMES, MUMBAI 06 | metro | THURSDAY,FEBRUARY03, 2011 short BJP STATE stories RANE FIRING: Mobile tower radiation EXECUTIVE TO HC ASKS FOR HOLDMEET IN RECORDS fear gripsAndheri colony AURANGABAD HT Correspondent MUMBAI: The Bombayhigh ■ [email protected] court has directed the crime branch to submit a CONCERN Sher-e-Punjab AURANGABAD: In the run up to the video recording of spot municipal and district council panchnama and call Societyhas witnessed 15 polls to be held next year,the state recordsinthe case where executiveofthe Maharashtra acomplaint of attempt to cancer cases in past fiveyears BharatiyaJanata Party(BJP) will murder has been lodged converge in Aurangabadfor a against industries minister Kunal Purohit 20 years. In the past, therehad two-day brainstorming session Narayan Rane’s son, ■ [email protected] been only one case of cancer. from February 5. Nitesh. Nitesh is accused The fact thatall these cases The top brass of BJP includ- of firing at Chintu Shaikh, MUMBAI: When PriyaAggarwal, happened only after these tow- ing president Nitin Gadkari, sen- amember of his outfit, 41, wasdetected with breast can- erscame up,and thattoo in a ior BJP leader Gopinath Munde Swabhimaan Sanghatana cerinearly 2007,she tried her radius of 500m cannot be acoin- and Maharashtraconvenor in September 2010. best to makesurethatitdidn’t cidence,”said Dr Bindra. Venkaiah Naidu will come down distracther son, Rohan, whowas Sixty-two-year-old Gurinder to Aurangabadasthe party IIT-B wants to use preparing forhis Class 10 exams. Gill (name changed) wasdetect- strategises its revival in the state. But the Andheri resident ed with breast cancer in October “Therehavebeen aslewofinci- vibrohammer couldn’t hide the affects of last year.“It has been atraumatic dents from Adarsh scam to the MUMBAI: The Indian chemotherapy. One day experiencefor me,shattering me rampant adulteration racket in Institute of Technology Aggarwal came out of the bath- completely,” said Gill, whoisnow the state thatgounchecked. We (IIT) has informed the room, only to find adevastated undergoing chemotherapy. will be discussing these issues Bombayhighcourt thatit Rohan staring at her nearly bald However, the victims know and plan as to howwecan effec- will have to use vibroham- head. “He would keep saying thereisn’t enoughproof to prove tively makethe government mer to conduct structural ‘Whymymother?’, but nobody alink between mobile tower answerable,” BJP spokesperson audit of Gautam Niwas, a hadananswer,” said Aggarwal. radiation and cancer. MadhavBhandari said. building in Andheri, which She isn’t alone.Inthe past five IIT professor Girish Kumar,who The state BJP is presently allegedly developed cracks years, morethan 15 housewives has been studying electromagnetic squaring off against its arch rivals in February 2009 due to living in Sher-e-Punjab colony field radiations, has pored overthe the Congress and the Nationalist use of vibrohammer for in Andheri (East) have suffered details and eventaken radiation Congress Partyand has also the piling forthe founda- from various forms of cancer. readingsatDrBindra’shouse.“My ■ Mobile towerabove the building in Sher-e-Punjab colonyinAndheri (East) PRASAD GORI /HTPHOTO crossed swords with its two tion of the elevated route Althoughthereisnoproof of a question to the critics is howdo decade-old ally Shiv Sena for of the Metro. direct link, residents aredraw- youprove thatthese cases arenot space in Maharashtra’spolitics. ing parallels between the appear- because of mobile towerradiation? WHATTHEYSAID The partythatemergedasthe Man held for anceofthe first cancer case and Whyhaveall the cases happened Medical bodytostudy effects main opposition partyin2009 the installation of the first mobile in the same colony? All these cases assembly electionsisnow get- assaulting woman phone towerinthe societynear- fall in the axis of the cell towers’ It hasbeen established ting moreambitious. With the NAVI MUMBAI: The Panvel ly sevenyearsago. radiation. Is thatalso acoinci- that such radiation has Kunal Purohit THE ICMR IS WORKING term effects of the radiation. The BMC elections scheduled for Railway PoliceonTuesday According to Aggarwal, when dence?”heasked ■ [email protected] study,will, however, be reviewed 2012, the BJP is increasingly find- arrested Mohammed she wasfirst detected with can- Neha Kumar,who has been definiteill-effects. Iwill ON ASTUDYONTHE every six months and findings, ing itself in conflict with Shiv Qureshi, 21, forallegedly cer, her flatwas right belowa studying the biological effects contact the victims and MUMBAI: Taking note of the ris- RADIATION EMITTED BY if any, will be made available. Sena. Senior leadersfromboth assaulting Yamini Kaur, mobile tower. The family then of mobile phone towers,said, ing number of complaints “Thereare quite afew inter- the parties have been at logger- 22, in aPanvel- rented another house in the “All these women don’t have any seek moredetails. against the ill-effects of radia- MOBILE PHONES. esting aspects thatthe medical heads overvarious issues. Two Chhatrapati Shivaji colony. However, thattoo hada family history of cancer.Plus, DR RS SHARMA, deputy tion emitted by cellular towers, HOWEVER, THATWILL BE communityhas, to look forward senior leaders–Suresh Jain from Terminus train. The inci- tower, thus forcing the family all of them arewithin acertain director general, ICMR the Indian Council of Medical to.Hopefully,concerns about Shiv Sena and Eknath Khadse dent occurred at 11.30pm to move yetagain. radius of those mobile towers. Research (ICMR) is contem- ADELHI-CENTRIC STUDY dipping fertilitydue to mobile from BJP –had apublic show- between Seawoods and The colony, housing more All this is not acoincidence.” plating astudy on the city’sradi- phone use will be taken up,” said down with each other too. Belapur railway stations. than 100 buildings, has aclus- Dr Ranjeet Bajpai, radiation Waiting foraconclusive ation patterns. to NewDelhi, Mumbai is acon- Dr Ranjeet Bajpai, radiation BJP’sdecision to choose Finding Kaur alone in the ter of at least 8-10 towers spread oncologist at Hinduja Hospital, Dr RS Sharma, deputydirec- gested cityand henceradiation oncologist at Hinduja Hospital. Aurangabadasits destination for ladies compartment, atop three buildings. All these admits thereisaproblem. "But, reportonthe subject tor general, ICMR, said thathe affects alarge number of peo- Foryearsnow,authorities in the meet stems from the desire Qureshi tried to attack cancer victims reside within a we need asound mechanism wouldn’tbeagood idea. would soon propose acity-spe- ple every day,”hesaid. Mumbai have been grappling to reviveits Hindutva cadre. and loot her.EvenasKaur 500-m radius of those towers. which can establish amore cific study,tosee the effects of Currently,the ICMR is work- with the question of the dan- Aurangabadwas recently in the fought her attacker, Dr Parminder Bindra(name direct cause-effect relationship. Thereare reports on the ill such radiation on health. ing on astudy on the radiation gers of mobile phone tower news after the Shiv Sena-led Aadesh Kori, a16-year-old changed), apractising home- However, thereare studies to effects of such radiation. Dr Sharma said Mumbai is emitted by mobile phones. radiation. The state is yetto municipal corporation passed a minor helped her.Qureshi opath, wasdetected with ovar- show thatcell towerradiation RAMKUMAR, ex-advisortothe at danger from mobile tower However, thatwill be aDelhi- form its ownrules on installing resolution demanding the renam- wasremanded in police ian cancer in June last year.“I’ve has led to different types of Department of Telecom radiation, moresobecause of centric study.Itwill be afive- these towers on residential ing of the citytoSambhaji Nagar, custody until February 7. lived in this colonyfor morethan brain tumours,”hesaid. its demographics. “Compared year long study to gaugethe long- buildings. after Shivaji’sson Sambhaji. Barsinger, husband held forblackmailing client MNS trains locals forrailway G. Mohiuddin Jeddy Disha and her husband Syed exchanged numbersand kept thatshe would return in five Ateam of officerswas sent recruitment examinations ■ [email protected] Rauf Ismail, 22, hadlured Pradip in touch with each other,the minutes.” to KolkatawhereDisha, Ismail Patil, 40,the APMC policesaid. policesaid. “Soon after she left, three and their accomplices Baraudin NAVI MUMBAI: A26-year-old bar The accused were arrested Suresh Pawar, assistant men, including her husband, Topiwala, 18, and Sajid Shaikh Naresh Kamath singer,her husband and their from Howrahrailway station at policeinspector said: “On entered the room and accused alias Sufi, 18, were arrested. ■ [email protected] IN THE PAST accomplices were arrested for Kolkataand brought to Navi January 25,Disha called Patil Patil of attempting to rape The policehaverecovered allegedly blackmailing and Mumbai on Tuesday. and theymet at Kalash lodgeat Disha. Theyallegedly robbed cash and valuables worth Rs1.74 MUMBAI: After staging several extorting cash and valuables Disha worked at barsinMira Vashi. him of his gold chain and cash lakh. The policeare trying to violent demonstrations against from one of her clients. Road and Thane wherePatil After sometime Disha worth Rs1.86 lakh and fled,” find out if the accused hadcom- the alleged injusticeofneglect- Debashree Banerjee alias came in contact with her.They excused herself telling him Pawaradded. mitted similar offencebefore.