December 19
Mobile Internet services continued to remain barred in South Kashmir Districts in the Kashmir valley for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday after the killing of ten people in Pulwama.
The Mobile Internet services were barred in Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Islamabad (Anantnag) districts on Saturday after seven civilians were shot dead by Government Forces in Sirnoo area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama District.
Telecom authorities shortly received communication to snap down mobile internet in the entire Kashmir valley, however the Services were restored in most parts of the valley including Srinagar on Monday evening.
“We have not received any communication for the restoration of Mobile internet services as of yet,” a telecom official told The Kashmiriyat.
Snapping of Mobile internet services has become a routine in Kashmir valley after 2010 when an uprising started against the Machil Fake encounter and against the killing of Tufail Ahmed Matoo, a Teenage boy in Srinagar.
The ban has been denounced in the past as it causes losses to many sections of the society, mostly to students.