2G net services restored in Kashmir

Low-speed 2G internet services were restored across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday six days after they were suspended along with pre-paid mobile phones in view of the anti-insurgency operation in which top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo was killed along with an aide in Pulwama.

The prepaid mobile phones were restored on Friday, but the 2G services continued to remain suspended. Principal Secretary (home) Shaleen Kabra issued an order for the restoration of internet mobile services in Kashmir on Tuesday.

The high-speed 4G internet services have remained suspended since telecom services were restored in Jammu & Kashmir in phases. A communications blackout was imposed in the region in August last year when Jammu & Kashmir was divested of its special status.