New Delhi:
New Delhi: Mobile phone users in the Capital may be in for some inconvenience in the coming days with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday instructing its officials to speed up sealing of unauthorised cell phone towers.
MCD Commissioner K S Mehra directed Deputy Commissioners of the civic body's 12 Zones to take measures to seal 1,532 unauthorized cell phone towers operating in the city.
These cell phone towers have been issued notices and have not replied to the same.
The city has a total of 5,364 mobile towers out of which 2,952 are unauthorized. The MCD has so far issued show cause notices on 1,532 towers to cell companies besides sealing 226 in the past few days.
"I have instructed the Deputy Commissioners to expedite action against unauthorized towers. We had given them one month time to reply. The time is out," Mehra said.
The issue was raised today in the Standing Committee of the MCD which endorsed the sealing action.
The MCD wants cell companies to apply for putting up towers on buildings in the Capital.
According to the new policy cleared by the MCD, cell phone operators will now have to pay Rs three-five lakh to the civic body for installing a tower. Presently, cell companies have to pay Rs one lakh in this regard.
These new rated will apply to legal towers when they apply for renewal as well.