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To stay connected, Chandigarh must cede green space




An official spokesperson said the government was looking into the request.

It is unlikely to get any support from residents if it decides to heed the mobile companies. People in several sectors of the 114-sq km city have anyway been objecting to mobile towers and generators near their homes.

"I cannot stand the buzzing sound from the mobile tower. When the power supply goes, the generator starts and that is even worse - noisy and polluting. I complained of one such tower right behind my house," said a businessman resident of Sector 18.

At least two cases of mobile towers - one in the upscale Sector 4 and another behind the city's picturesque tourist attraction Sukhna Lake - went to the Punjab and Haryana High Court. In both cases, the mobile companies were forced to remove the towers.

"Call dropping is very common. Even having no signal at times is a regular occurrence. Most of the time, I have to come out of my house to talk on the mobile. I have complained but the mobile company seems helpless," said journalist Asit Jolly.

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