SMS Service To Be Restored In Kashmir Valley From Tomorrow

The government will restore short messaging services (SMS) on 40 lakh post-paid mobile phones in the Kashmir valley from midnight, senior J&K government official Rohit Kansal said at Jammu on Tuesday evening. Principal secretary Kansal, who is the Jammu and Kashmiradministration’s spokesperson, said broadband internet services in all government-run hospitals and schools were also being restored from 1 January.

The government had disconnected mobile and landline phone services in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions in August this year before moving to scrap Article 370 and splitting J&K into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and the second, Ladakh.