Kashmir; 14 Oct 2019; (UMM): Government has restored post-paid mobile phone services in Kashmir from noon on Monday, but many subscribers cannot make calls due to unpaid bills accumulated during 72 days of the shutdown. They can’t pay the bills either as the internet facility is yet to be restored.
The mobile phone and internet services were shutdown on August 5 after the Centre scrapped the special status granted to the state under the Constitution's Article 370.
According to NDTV, there are about 70 lakh mobile connections in the valley. Forty lakh postpaid, which are now functional, and 30 lakh prepaid phones that are yet to be restored. There, however, is no word on when the internet will be back.
"People lived without telephones earlier also," said the J&K Governor when asked about the inconveniences without mobile phones.
The government has said that the removal of the restrictions will happen in a phased manner, depending on the ground situation.
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