The Rajasthan High Court has ordered that 4G towers erected without the permission of city authorities be uninstalled within four weeks. This comes after a petition was filed alleging that towers with 4G base transceiver stations were being erected in the Jaipur city without permission of the Jaipur Development Authority. According to the high court, it was found appropriate to bar further installations, except where permissions have been given in consultation with citizens.
According to available information, new towers are being erected in 2,100 places in Rajasthan and some 1,400 of them have already been commissioned. Also among them, 1,200 towers have formal permissions, while 200 towers are deemed to have been approved.
The petition mentioned that as per an order issued by the city's urban development ministry in February 2015, permission for tower erection would be deemed to have been given if the matter was not disposed of within 60 days. This period was later reduced to 45 days.