Woes to end soon; tower radiation harmless: Prasad

Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Press Trust Of India
Last Updated : Sep 18 2015 | 1:06 AM IST
Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the call drop issue would be resolved within a month, even as he termed the protest against tower radiation a 'sinister' campaign, hampering network functioning.

"I ordered the term cell to conduct an audit. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) did an audit. Our department is monitoring. Within a month things should improve," Prasad said.

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"This sinister campaign of ill effects of radiation, people need to come out of it. There is difficulty in installing mobile towers. I read the entire literature. There is a WHO report with a 30,000-plus sample. It is not injurious," he added.
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First Published: Sep 18 2015 | 12:20 AM IST

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