Vodafone Essar removed its towers installed atop buildings in the area surrounding the district court at Thane following a directive from the Bombay High Court. The company’s petition challenging the order of Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) was also rejected by the HC.

TMC had passed the order after a lawyer, S S Bhutala, had flied a complaint citing that such towers posed a health risk due to radiations emitted from the tower as well as to the fact that the towers were mounted on water tank of the building.