To seek feedback from police officers, civil admin before submitting report to apex court
Nasir Azam
Srinagar : Day after Supreme Court asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to review the internet ban and to submit the report on same within a week, J&K’s Home Secretary will chair a crucial review meet this week to seek feedback from all the concerned officers on the issue.
On Friday, the apex court had asked the J&K UT to submit a report on the prevailing internet gag in Kashmir within a week’s time stating that using internet was fundamental rights of people.
“Home Secretary of J&K UT (Shaleen Kabra) will chair a crucial review meeting in the days ahead and seek feedback from all the concerned officers including district police chiefs (SSPs) and all the deputy commissioners of Kashmir before finalizing a report to be submitted before the apex court next week,” a top official told wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
Internet services continue to remain suspended on all platforms since August 5 with Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries report claiming that Kashmir has lost Rs 18000 and 4.96 lakh jobs to the shutdown and internet gag since past months.
Sources told KNO that the meeting is likely to be held for two days continuously to finalize the opinion as to whether the internet services would be restored in the J&K UT. “Mobile internet restoration may be delay while broadband services may be restored that too in the phased manner,” sources said.
On January 1, a government spokesman said that internet has been restored in 80 government hospitals and health centers across Kashmir. Sources said that all the deputy commissioners and district police chiefs have been directed to submit the detailed report as to why the internet services shouldn’t be restored in their respective areas. (KNO)
