The policy is expected to get a proper shape after a committee headed by councillor Meera Agarwal, which is looking into ways to streamline the unregulated growth of cell towers in the city, submits its report to the MCD Standing Committee.

A senior MCD official said after the finalisation of the new norms, those operating illegal towers will be asked to apply for regularisation and may be given a time of 15 days to one month for doing the needful.

He said a meeting of senior officials of the civic agency will tomorrow discuss the issue threadbare to decide on the ways
to implement the new policy.

Officials said there are some 2,517 cellphone towers in the city set up without taking permission from the MCD.