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India shuts down the Internet and orders tourists to leave the highly contested Kashmir region

India shuts down the Internet and orders tourists to leave the highly contested Kashmir region

 

India shut the Internet, placed politicians under house arrest. It also ordered tourists to leave the disputed land of Kashmir.

The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, canceled Articles 370 and 35A, which gave Jammu and Kashmir a special status, which allowed it to pass its laws.
India wants to reorganize it into two regions - Ladakh, and, Jammu, Kashmir which will be governed by the federal authorities in Delhi, and not by state governors.

Since the government of India shutdown of telephony services and internet in the disputed area until the eleventh day, Kashmir has come to be paralyzed.
Pharmacists cannot store medicines; workers are not paid. But the Indian government still loves blocking the Internet because of “peace". The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan states that it will use all possible options to counter illegal steps.

According to traders, vital materials such as baby food and insulin that they usually order over the Internet are running out. Criticism was rare, with metal shutters closing the doors and windows of banks and A.T.M, which relied on the Internet for every transaction. Consultants said they could not converse with their patients. Only a few state-owned fixed-line websites were publicly available to make long-term phone calls for several minutes.

The information barrier was a primary part of India’s one-sided verdict last week to eliminate the independence of Jammu and Kashmir. With an area of 12.5 million, claimed by both Pakistan and India, has long been a source of tension. It led to the disruption of daily transactions, the flow of money, online entertainment and information, and communication with families.

In Jammu and Kashmir, a mainly Muslim region where security forces are always worried about attacks by separatist militants, the Internet has been banned at least 54 times this year in the area. Authorities are demanding that Internet service providers and telephone companies no longer provide access to the mobile networks or Internet. But the closure was far more extensive than the others, Kashmiri said.

Government officials said most telephone lines in the valley would be restored over the weekend, and schools will open in the region next week. Twelve of the 22 districts in Jammu and Kashmir usually functioned, while night districts were limited in five areas. The United Nations Security Council, at its informal consultations on Kashmir, recognized India’s actions to ensure a healthy lifestyle and development in the country. India stated that its position was and remains that the issues related to article 370 are exclusively internal. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump, in a telephone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, emphasized the importance of Pakistan and India to ease tensions through bilateral dialogue.
Defense Minister Rajnat Singh said that India is “firmly committed” to the “do not use it first” nuclear weapons policy, but the future of the security doctrine depends on the circumstances.

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