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‘Likely Next Week’ – High Speed Internet to be Restored Across Jammu Kashmir

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4G Internet services are being restored in Jammu Kashmir very soon, Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary (Energy and Information), Jammu Kashmir admin tweeted.
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Pertinently Political parties in Jammu Kashmir have been demanding the removal of the restrictions that were imposed on high-speed Internet Services in Jammu Kashmir for 551 Days now.

The Supreme Court of India had intervened and expressed resentment asking the authorities in JK to take a considered stand on the possibility of providing 4G Internet services in Kashmir.

Internet services were stopped in Jammu Kashmir on 04 August 2019, a day before the abrogation of Article 370 and 35 A, However, 2G Internet service was restored on 25 January 2020. After this, high-speed internet service was started on 16 August 2020 in Udhampur and Ganderbal on ‘Trial Basis’, which has been retained even today, but only 2G internet service was continued in the rest of the districts.

Internet restrictions in Kashmir — where the government in 2019 revoked the special autonomous status of the country’s only Muslim majority state – affected access for medicines, businesses, education, and schools.

India in 2020 topped the list of Internet shutdowns in the world among a group of 21 countries that curbed citizens’ web access in 2020. As per a report, India restricted Internet for 8,927 hours in the year 2020.

Mobile internet would be available to pre-paid subscribers in Jammu Kashmir only after thorough verification.

Meanwhile telecom authorities say they have received no orders to restore 4G services as of yet.

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