Low mobile internet speed irks Mawer residents

Kupwara Sep 15: The residents of several villages in the Mawer area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district expressed anger against private telecom operators ‘Jio’ and ‘Airtel’ for providing inadequate internet speed in the area, resulting in severe hardships to them.

The residents said that at a time when the rest of Kashmir was having the privilege of benefitting from 5G, they were grappling with slow-speed internet, causing inconvenience to them.

They said that the villages including Umerabad Lam Audoora, Warpora, Cheki Audoora, and Drugnsoo were facing the brunt due to low-speed internet.