Give power connection only to licensed mobile towers: Coimbatore Consumer Cause

COIMBATORE: Coimbatore Consumer Cause(CCC) submitted a petition to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission chairman R Manivannan, urging him not to give power connections to mobile towers if the mobile company does not have a valid approval from the collector.

K Kathirmathiyon, CCC secretary stated that after consultation with the stakeholder department including energy and environment, as per a government order (GO) (Ms) No. 4, January 25, 2022, it is mandatory for mobile companies to obtain licence from the concerned district collectors to erect a mobile tower as per Tamil Nadu Telecom Infrastructure Policy, 2022 of Information Technology (E1).