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Nearly eight million people live in the disputed state of Kashmir and all of them are deprived of reliable information, online classes, and many other facilities amidst the epidemic.

This is because the state has been cut off from all Internet facilities since it was plunged into a digital black hole back in August. This happened after the Indian government revoked an article of the country’s constitution that allowed the state to have the right to self-government.

This resulted in a complete shut down of communication in the region including phone lines and the internet to “to prevent militancy and curb the spread of misinformation”. In March, however, the government finally restored the state’s internet but at extremely slow speeds making it impossible to use most facilities.

A new government order that is going into effect on March 26  has further extended these restrictions in the region to “prevent misuse of social media applications” and reduce “terror activities”. However, locals are raising their voice against these restrictions saying that these are unacceptable especially at a time where timely updates relating to the virus are crucial.

Kashmir is still struggling with 2G internet Speed amid #COVID19 threat. Fascist regieme is not restoring high speed internet in such crisis time when people need free flowing information regarding the epidemic. 8 million lives has been put on risk.#Restore4GinKashmir

— Aarif Shah (@aarifshaah) March 17, 2020