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SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI:
72 days after mobile and internet communications were blocked in the Kashmir Valley by the government, postpaid mobile services on all networks in Kashmir have been restored. The restoration of mobile phone connections comes over two months the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special privileges.
Some 40 lakh postpaid mobile phones have become operational from Monday noon. Internet connectivity, however, will remain suspended for now.
The central government had ended Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5 and split it into two union territories, saying the move would help ensure that people of the state get the same constitutional benefits as the rest of the country and spur development.
To prevent any backlash, the centre also imposed massive security restrictions and took measures that included arresting politicians, evacuating tourists, posting extra troops and blocking phone and internet lines.
Some of those curbs have been slowly relaxed, but mobile and internet communications in the Kashmir Valley were largely still blocked. The advisory preventing tourists from visiting the state was lifted last Thursday.
Last month, the government restored landline connections.However, few of these telephones serviced by government-run operator BSNL are used at homes. The restrictions had left local residents frustrated and disrupted essential services and businesses.
In Jammu, the communication was restored within days of the blockade and mobile internet was started around mid-August. However, after its misuse, internet facility on cell phones was snapped on August 18.
Several nations, including the US, expressed concern over the curbs.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pos...alley-on-bsnl-network-news-agency-pti-2116403
72 days after mobile and internet communications were blocked in the Kashmir Valley by the government, postpaid mobile services on all networks in Kashmir have been restored. The restoration of mobile phone connections comes over two months the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special privileges.
Some 40 lakh postpaid mobile phones have become operational from Monday noon. Internet connectivity, however, will remain suspended for now.
The central government had ended Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5 and split it into two union territories, saying the move would help ensure that people of the state get the same constitutional benefits as the rest of the country and spur development.
To prevent any backlash, the centre also imposed massive security restrictions and took measures that included arresting politicians, evacuating tourists, posting extra troops and blocking phone and internet lines.
Some of those curbs have been slowly relaxed, but mobile and internet communications in the Kashmir Valley were largely still blocked. The advisory preventing tourists from visiting the state was lifted last Thursday.
Last month, the government restored landline connections.However, few of these telephones serviced by government-run operator BSNL are used at homes. The restrictions had left local residents frustrated and disrupted essential services and businesses.
In Jammu, the communication was restored within days of the blockade and mobile internet was started around mid-August. However, after its misuse, internet facility on cell phones was snapped on August 18.
Several nations, including the US, expressed concern over the curbs.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pos...alley-on-bsnl-network-news-agency-pti-2116403
