Internet Services Across All Platforms Continued To Remain Suspended In Kashmir thehindu.com

Internet services across all platforms continued to remain suspended in Kashmir since August 5 even as there was a considerable improvement in the situation, officials said on Saturday. Internet services continued to remain barred in the entire valley except for few government offices and business establishments, the officials said. They said there is no word from the authorities on the restoration of the services so far, even as demands, especially from the journalist community, have grown for the resumption of the services.

The media-persons have been demanding the restoration of at least BSNL’s Broadband services to discharge their professional duties. The authorities snapped all communication lines — landline telephone and mobile phone services and Internet across all platforms — on August 5, hours before the Centre announced its decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution and to bifurcate the erstwhile state into two Union territories.