ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka: When social media was inundated with rumors that Sri Lanka's holiest tree was being harmed by 5G mobile signals, Colombo's cash-strapped government pulled out all the stops. READ HERE:
President Ranil Wickremesinghe dispatched a high-powered team of experts to the 2,300-year-old Sri Maha Bodhi tree in the sacred city of Anuradhapura, an ancient capital of the South Asian nation.It included the head of the telecom regulator, his technical chief and the director of the National Botanical Gardens, along with university professors and district administrators.
'There are four older base stations within 500 meters of the tree, but Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Director General Helasiri Ranatunga told AFP there was 'no 5G coverage in the sacred area as rumored.'Radiation in the area was well below World Health Organization thresholds, he said, and botanical experts had ruled there was no threat from existing 2G, 3G or 4G coverage.
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