The government says the crackdown is needed to head off trouble by Pakistan-backed militants in the Muslim-majority territory.
But the cutting of internet and mobile phone links on Aug 5, when the New Delhi government ended Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status, has crippled business.The government said the crackdown, backed by the presence of hundreds of thousands of security forces, was needed to head off trouble by Pakistan-backed militants in the Muslim-majority territory.
Rasool said his firm and others have the firewalls and protocols to block social media or “political propaganda” on the internet. But he said Indian authorities would not listen. State governor Satya Pal Malik in August said the lines were mainly useful as a “weapon” for “terrorists and Pakistanis for mobilisation and indoctrination”.
“We can’t function in a total blackout,” said STC’s finance chief Abid Bhat who compared the shutdown to being “blind”.Not a single car or truck has been sold in two months by dealers across the Kashmir Valley, said Aawan Ahmad Narwaroo, head of one Srinagar car dealership.Official records show no new vehicles have been registered with the authorities since Aug 5.
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