Govt to restore 4G internet on trial period in one district each of J&K

New Delhi: The Centre informed the Supreme court on Tuesday that 4G internet services shall be restored in one district in Jammu and one district in Kashmir on trial basis for two months, beginning 16 August.

On 11 May, the top court asked the Centre to form a special committee to examine the issues caused due to slow speed of internet in the Union territory. A three-member panel, headed by the Union home secretary, will have the secretary of the ministry of communication, and the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) chief secretary as its members, the court had ordered.

Attorney general K.K. Venugopal, representing the Centre, submitted that a special committee had held a meeting on 10 August and in consultation with the local agencies in J&K, it had decided to relax internet in limited areas considering the security issues in the valley.