Guidelines for cellphone tower demanded

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City Desk :
Speakers at a human chain formed by Coalition of Local NGOs, Bangladesh in front of the National Press Club in the city on Saturday demanded formulation of guidelines for the installation of network tower of the cellular phone operators to protect the human life and biodiversity from radiation.
They said the radiation, emitted from the tower of cellular phone operators which is 7 times more than the tolerable limit, is responsible for different kinds of health hazards and diseases such as cancer, brain tumor etc.
Sangjukta Sramik Federation General Secretary Mokaddem Hossain, former member of the parliament Professor Humayun Kabir Hiru, BAPA joint-secretary general Mihir Bishwas, labour leader Harunur Rashid, Sahida Sarker, human rights activists Adv Zakir Hossain and Adv Babul Khan, among others, spoke on the occasion with CLNB chairman Harun ur Rashid in the chair.

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