Youth from Jammu and Kashmir demand restoration of 4G services

Almost a year after high-speed mobile internet services were snapped in Jammu and Kashmir, re has been a growing demand from youth for restoration of services.

Jammu and Kashmir government continues to maintain that restoration of high-speed mobile internet service would be detrimental for security situation in Kashmir valley and that terrorists might misuse service to carry out infiltration and attack in newly carved Union territory.

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“re are inputs and apprehensions that anti-national elements and terrorists sitting in Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir might misuse high-speed intent services to carry out an attack in Jammu and Kashmir, hence restrictions are necessary” a recent order of Jammu and Kashmir government read.

However, youth across Union Territory especially Jammu region say that for past one-year Jammu has been suffering for sins of anti-national elements of Kashmir and government considers that Jammu has always been peaceful, so high-speed internet services should be restored in Jammu.

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“Jammu does t deserve to suffer for sins of anti-national people of Kashmir, government must immediately restore high-speed internet services in Jammu as Jammu has always been peaceful and people here are hardcore nationalists”, Jasbeer Singh a local resident said.

youth in Jammu say that y have been missing lot of opportunities and are unable to compete with youth of or states owing to unavailability of high-speed internet services.

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“While world is discussing 5G we are still stuck with 2G, people living in or parts of countries do understand that high-speed internet has been a necessity and is longer a luxury” Singh said.

students are worst sufferers as y say that during times of COVID-19 when ir educational institutions have shifted to online classes, y are unable to follow classes as t every student has a wire-based internet facility.

“ reach of wire-based internet services is limited in Jammu region and t every student has access to it, it becomes impossible to attend a lecture on 2G mobile speed. We urge government to restore high-speed mobile internet services in Jammu region at an earliest”, Anuj Kumar Mangotra a student said.

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