NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear film actor Juhi Chawla ’s plea for framing of guidelines to prevent unbridled installation of cell towers in cities to protect people from the Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) radiation from towers.The actress, who approached the apex court through her advocate Aparna Bhat, alleged that radiation emanating from towers results in serious health hazard to people and Centre should be directed to formulate rules for prescribing on permitted tower density limits in an area keeping in mind the health hazards, including possible carcinogenic effects on humans which is associated with EMF radiation.She said the tower density of EMF radiation in India is high on account of both higher power output as well as the close distance of towers/ antennae from citizens and in order to reduce the harmful effects of radiation, either the power output norms should be reduced or the distance limit (from tower to residences, schools, hospitals, etc.) should be increased.“The present EMF radiation from towers/ antennae lead to an increase in incidents of headache, sleep disorder , fatigue, lack of concentration, dizziness, decreased reaction times, memory loss, infertility, miscarriage, vision and cardiovascular problems, malaise, tachycardia (heart palpitations), disturbances of the digestive system, DNA damage including permanent damage to repair capability of DNA, brain tumours and cancer in human beings which in turn will create unprecedented, irreparable and immense loss to the health, well being and fitness of the public at large in our country,” the petition said.“There have been no tangible efforts by the concerned departments of the Telecom Authority and the government to draw out frameworks within which the installations shall be permissible and the parameters to be followed for installing them. The advisory guidelines as well as the additional guidelines issued so far by the Department of Telecom are merely advisory in nature and have no statutory backing. The guidelines do not provide any framework for implementation of their provisions within a specified time-frame,” the petition said.She contended that the present levels of EMF radiation was likely to have adverse impacts not only on a human being but also on the flora and fauna of the country and pleaded the court to intervene.Agreeing to hear the plea, a bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi tagged her plea along with other petition pending in court.