mumbai data of radiation checks being conducted by the government following citizens complaints suggest that nearly 70 complaints were prima facie false if so many radiation complaints are false why the fuss ask experts who also question the genuineness of the checks they say such checks do not involve them as well as citizens but only officials attached to government agencies achintya mukherjee of the bombay telephone users association said there should be more involvement of experts and citizens in committees or teams monitoring radiation levels the controversy is about wattage of antennae if the teams involve experts and activists they will not only be able to establish the genuineness of the exercise but will restore confidence among citizens who are already scared about the towers he said iit professor girish kumar said initially very few cell towers of the over 200 checked were found violating the 450 milliwatt per square radiation level but this limit itself is wrong as internationally antennae are not allowed to cross the level of minimum 1 to maximum 10 milliwatts dot advisor technology r k bhatnagar said the government of indias highprofile telecommunication research arm telecommunication consultants india ltd tcil was conducting checks as per citizens complaints they do not involve any operator in the checks and randomly conduct a drive to catch towers and companies unawares tcil has dedicated experts and researchers who have no vested interests and till the time dot acquires its own checking equipment tcil is the best institution for the job he pointed out coai directorgeneral rajan mathew said experts from internationally reputed agencies are involved in tower building testing and installation the radiation measuring equipment is being bought but at present tcil the governments own arm is doing the work very diligently sensitively and responsibly he said pointing out that country had adopted the best radiation norms in the industry dr k s parthasarathy former secretary atomic energy regulatory board said minister of state for communications and information technology milind deora should publish results of measurements done so far transparency is the best antidote against scaremongering a recent media report said radiation levels at 60 places were within dot limits mumbaikars are not after all living in the equivalent of vast openair microwave ovens as described he said how to get your complaints addressed cell tower radiation complaints can be registered at wwwdotgov in through the link public grievance emf radiation a dot team will visit your society for which 4000 will be charged if radiation levels higher than the prescribed limit are detected the company owning the tower will have to pay the fee and also a 5 lakh fine citizens can also call 9969555000 to register complaints the complaint will be attended to within 10 days of payment of the fee there will be 5 monitoring units for city landline is preferable do not use a cellphone for more than six minutes a day radiation from computers and laptops is less than