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"Our feedback says there has been an improvement in "Our feedback says there has been an improvement inconnectivity in many areas, quality of service is alsobetter," he said, adding in the next phase, towers will beerected on government buildings like post offices and alsoairports. Asserting that low level electromagnetic frequencyemitted by telecom towers is fully safe, Deepak urged thecivil society not to create any difficulties for the operators in erecting the telecom masts. Speaking at a special outreach programme on the issue,he also asked local bodies to facilitate expansion of thetelecom infrastructure without causing hindrances throughmoves like "usurious rates" for undertaking the jobs. He said all the studies conducted support his pointand accused activists of spreading unfounded fears which are"myths and misconceptions". PTI AA BEN DKMKJSDM