(1) Water Bodies: (i) No building or Telecommunication Infrastructure Tower shall be allowed in the bed of water bodies like river or nala and in the Full Tank Level (FTL) of any lake, pond, kunta lands. Unless and otherwise stated, the area and the Full Tank Level (FTL) of a Lake or Kunta shall be reckoned as measured and as certified by the Irrigation Department (Water Resources Department).
(ii) Telecommunication Infrastructure Tower shall not be erected within,-
(a) 6 meters from the boundary of the River.
(b) 5 meters from the boundary of Lakes or Tanks or Kuntas of area 10.00 Ha and above.
(c) 3 meters from the boundary of Lakes or Tanks or Kuntas of area less than 10Ha.
(d) 5 meters from the defined boundary of Canal, Nala, Storm Water Drain of width more than 10.00 meters and 3.00 meters from the defined boundary of Canal, Nala, Storm Water Drain of width up to 10 meters.
(2) Railways: The distance between the Railway Property Boundary and the Telecommunication Infrastructure Tower shall be 30m as per Indian Railways Works Manual or as per no objection certificate given by the Railway Authorities.
(3) Electrical Lines: The Right -of-way widths recommended for Electrical lines of various Transmission Voltage are as indicated in the table below:- 4
(i) Right-of –way (ROW) for Electrical lines.- Sl.No. Transmission voltage Width of the Right-of-way (ROW) in meters 01 11 kV 7.0 02 33 kV 15.0 03 66 kV 18.0 04 110 kV 22.0 05 132 kV 27.0 06 220 kV 35.0 07 400 kV 52.0
(ii) Distance of site from Electric Lines.- No Telecommunication Infrastructure Tower shall be allowed to be erected or re-erected or any additions or alterations made to Telecommunication Infrastructure Tower in a site within the distance quoted below in accordance with the current Electricity Rules and its amendments from time to time between the building and any overhead electric supply line;
Vertically in mtrs. Horizontally in mtrs.
i Low and medium voltage lines and service lines
2.5 1.2 ii High voltage lines upto and including 33,000 V.
3.7 2.0 iii Extra high voltage lines beyond 33000 V.
3.7 (plus 0.3m for every additional 33,000 V. or part thereof )
2.0 (plus 0.3m for every additional 33,000 V. or part thereof )
(4) In the reserved forest or forest areas: for erecting the Towers, NOC from the Forest Department shall be submitted.
(5) Heritage, Religious and Other Structures: (i) In case of Sites located within the distance up to 100meters from protected monuments as notified under the Ancient Monuments and Archeological sites and Remains Act 1958 (central Act 24 of 1958) or the Karnataka Ancient and Historical monuments and Archeological sites and Remains Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 7 of 1962) no building or Telecommunication Infrastructure Tower is allowed;
(ii) For the Sites located within distance of above 100meters and up to 200meters from the protected monuments, the construction of one Telecommunication Infrastructure Tower is allowed only after obtaining prior permission from the Competent Authority.
(iii) Erection of Telecommunication Infrastructure Tower shall not be allowed within a distance of 50m from the school, hospital, buildings and religious buildings or any other prescribed buildings by the Government from time to time.
(iv) In case of Wall Mounted or Pole mounted Antenna, the antenna shall be mounted at least 5 meters above ground level or road level on flyovers.