As these towers have been installed in a haphazard manner specific rules and norms have been framed.
Now these companies will have to pay the fee and local bodies would charge annual renewal fee. According to Cabinet Coordination Department Principal Secretary Ravikant the mobile towers could be installed only on commercial buildings and premises and vacant land under urban local bodies of municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats. The towers could not be set up within a 100-metre radius of schools, colleges and hospitals.
He said the cabinet fixed Rs 50,000 as registration fee and Rs 15,000 as annual renewal fee to be charged by municipal corporations for installing such towers, whereas the municipalities would charge Rs 40,000 as registration fee and Rs 10,000 as annual renewal fee from mobile companies. Nagar panchayats would charge Rs 30,000 and Rs 8,000 as registration and renewal fee respectively for the purpose.
There are in all about 4.25 lakh mobile towers in the country. The move to regulate towers in the state came too late as in the last few years thousands of towers came up near educational institutions, hospitals, nursing homes, residential apartments etc.
He, however, clarified that the existing towers would not be disturbed or removed from where they are installed at present. Instead, they would have to deposit registration fee and annual renewal fee charge from the date when the tower was installed with retrospective effect.
The cabinet also gave its nod to the setting up of Bihar State Ganga River Conservation Management Society, to be set up under Society Registration Act. It would execute the works and schemes of Bihar State Ganga River Basin Authority chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar. It will execute the schemes and plans of the National Ganga Basin Development Authority (NGBDA), which will be headed by the development commissioner. Central government will bear 70% cost of the NGBDA schemes and the rest 30% will be borne by the state government.

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