Cell towers: Allahabad High Court provides conditional respite
04 Feb 2010
Noida authorities have been directed by the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday to restore the status of towers of various cellular companies, they have sealed in 24 hours if they have met the necessary standard norms.
A bench comprising Justices Pradeep Kant and Rituran Awasthi passed the conditional order on the plea of Indus Towers, the company that had erected around 570 towers in Noida.
The auothorities had sealed around 130 towers of different companies for an indefinite period saying these were unauthorised and had been set up without permission. (See: Cellular operators to take Noida to court over sealing of telecom towers)
With the move, telecom services in Noida falling under Delhi telecom circle have be severely hit and the situation could worsen for mobile users in Delhi telecom circle if authorities in the capital and in Gurgaon, Faridabad and Ghaziabad were to decide to follow suit.
Around 250 of the 600-odd mobile towers in Noida have been sealed even as authorities launched a survey to find out if any more illegal towers were operational.
The sudden crackdown on illegal towers has left subscribers in a fix as this has led to face serious connectivity problems.
