Govt to restore 4G internet on trial period in one district each of J&K
Live MintNew 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. 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. A contempt petition was filed on 9 June by Foundation for Media Professionals, a non-profit organization, stating that the Centre and J&K government had wilfully not complied with the top court’s order which had directed for the constitution of a committee to examine the issue of ban on 4G internet in the valley.