Actor Juhi Chawla on Wednesday shared a message explaining her take on 5G wireless networks in India and why she filed a petition on the same. The Delhi High Court last week had dismissed her lawsuit challenging the setting up of 5G networks and slapped a fine of ₹20 lakh on her and described the plea as “defective”, “abuse of process of law” and filed for “gaining publicity”.
Taking to Instagram, Juhi in a video message said that amid the noise of the last few days, an important message was lost. She said in her message, in Hindi and English, “Hello. In the last few days, there was so much noise that I couldn’t even listen to myself. Amid the noise, I felt that a very important message was probably lost. And that was, we’re not against 5G. In fact we’re welcoming of it. Please do bring it
Juhi added, “All we’re asking is the authorities certify 5G safe. We’re saying that please certify, please publish your studies and research on this in the public domain so that our fear is allayed. So that all of us can sleep peacefully. We just want to know that it is safe for children, for pregnant women, for unborn children, for people who are old, infirm, for flora, fauna… that is all we are asking.” She didn’t caption her post but wrote “hear” followed by a thumbs-up emoji
The lawsuit by Juhi Chawla, Veeresh Malik and Teena Vachani said if the telecom industry’s plans for 5G became a reality, it would cause irreversible damage to the environment and “no person, animal, bird, insect and plant on earth will be able to avoid exposure, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to radiation 10x to 100x times greater than what exists today.”
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