The administration in Jammu Kashmir administration on Tuesday decided to continue with the slow speed internet (2G) internet facility outside the districts of Ganderbal and Udhampur.
The administration said “it is absolutely necessary so to do in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India.”
Earlier, high-speed facility was restored on a trial basis in Kashmir’s Ganderbal and Jammu division’s Udhampur on August 16.
The fresh order said that it would continue till this month-end as there has been no report of its misuse in the two districts.
In an order issued this evening, Principal Secretary in the Home Department Shaleen Kabra said that after a fresh review of the situation, it has been decided that internet speed will remain restricted to 2G in the rest of the 18 districts.
In the rest of 18 other districts, the internet speed would continue to be restricted to 2G only, it said.
The internet services were snapped in Jammu and Kashmir before the Centre’s announcement on August 5 last year to scrap J-K’s special status and split it into two Union Territories.