Has the Union Government decided not to suspend internet in Punjab? services restored in Punjab districts
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ February 27,2024
On February 24, 2024 the ministry of home affairs (MHA) had extended the suspension of internet services in 20 police stations of Punjab, bordering Haryana for two days i.e upto February 26,2024. Now, the mobile net services have been restored in these areas.
After the expiry of MHA orders, the ministry has not issued any orders to extend the suspension of internet services in any part of Punjab particularly areas bordering Haryana in spite of the fact that farmers’ are still protesting at Shambhu, Khanauri, bordering Haryana.
The mobile internet services and bulk SMS services are restored in Haryana’s Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa after the Haryana government decided not to extend the suspension order after February 25 midnight. The mobile services were first suspended in the state on February 11.
For the first time, the ministry of home affairs had suspended the internet services to curtail the farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ program in Punjab citing intelligence reports, from 00:00 Hrs on February 11, 2024 to 23:59 Hrs on February 16, 2024 in police stations of Shambhu, Julkan, Passian, Patran, Lalru, Sangat, Killianwali, Sardulgarh and Boha in Punjab bordering Haryana citing the plea “in the interest of maintaining public safety and averting public emergency, it is necessary and expedient to order, the temporary suspension of internet”. The orders were issued on February 10,2024.
Again on February 12, 2024 a revised orders were issued on the suspension of internet services and added more police station areas of Punjab. This time the areas of Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib and more police stations of Patiala district were added.
Before the expiry of its order on February 16,2024 the ministry had once again extended its order of suspension of internet services in 20 police stations in seven districts of Punjab bordering Haryana from 00:00 Hrs on February 17, 2024 to 23:59 Hrs on February 24, 2024 .
Before the expiry of these orders, another extension was given for just two days from 00:00 Hrs on February 25, 2024 to February 26, 2024.
As per available information, after the expiry of the last orders 23:59 Hrs on February 26, 2024 now no fresh orders have been issued by the MHA on the suspension of internet services in police stations bordering Haryana and mobile net services have been restored.
Has the Union Government decided not to suspend internet in Punjab? services restored in Punjab districts. Sharanjit Singh, a chemist at Samana has confirmed that mobile internet is restored in Samana.
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