SRINAGAR – Normal life continuously disrupted due to curfew and Indianmilitary siege, which entered 81st consecutive day, on Thursday, in IndianOccupied Kashmir (IoK).
According to the KMS, people of the Kashmir Valley and Muslim majorityareas of Jammu region continue to suffer due to Indian military siege.Restrictions imposed under section 144 and total ban on internet andprepaid cellular phones are badly affecting people across all spheres oflife.
The ongoing internet gag is the longest ever witnessed in the KashmirValley. The previous longest was witnessed during the 2016 mass uprising.Though frequent internet shutdown is nothing new for the Kashmiris as inthe past decade the service was snapped multiple times.
However, this time not only mobile internet services were barred butbroadband services were also snapped. Although the occupation authoritiesrecently restored voice calls on postpaid mobile phones but thousands ofsubscribers found their services disconnected by telecom companies due tonon-payment of bills for the period of the suspension of services.
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The landline phones were restored last month but due to the switch over tocellular networks they are less in number as compared to mobile phones.