SC asks govt to review Internet shutdown in J&K: ‘Welcome direction, people are suffering’

For students, who have been struggling to fill up forms for competitive exams online, the apex court’s directions have brought hope.

“With no Internet for the last five months, Kashmiris are living in the stone age. To fill my CMAT form, I had to wait for almost nine hours at Srinagar’s TRC centre where the government has set up Internet facility for students. The court’s direction is important because it has said that Internet cannot be suspended indefinitely. If Internet is restored, it will be a relief for everyone in Kashmir,” said Mohammed Izat, a student.

A Srinagar-based journalist told The Indian Express, “We have been demanding restoration of Internet to media houses because the work of journalists is suffering,” he said. Journalists are currently accessing Internet from the government-run media facility centre in Srinagar.