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PDP activists' protest against ban on prepaid mobile connection in J-K | Activists of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by chief Mehbooba Mufti, staged a peaceful march in Srinagar on Friday to protest against the ban on prepaid mobile phone connections in the State. Earlier, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had
decided not to issue fresh pre-paid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir on
account of security concerns. And as per the policy the existing pre-paid SIM
cards were banned in the State on November 1. Mehbooba Mufti said that the decision
has resulted in complete chaos, as thousands of people who were associated with
recharge kiosks in the State have been rendered jobless. "Because of this ban
40,000 youth of the state have gone jobless. When prepaid mobile services are
available throughout the country, it is a discrimination against the 3.8 million
people using this service in the state," Mehbooba Mufti said. Mufti further said
that that the residents of the State consider the decision as lack of faith in
them. "The State Chief (Omar Abdullah) and the Home minister have said that situation
is improving in Jammu and Kashmir and the number of militants operating in the
State are reducing. In this scenario, they should have tried to win the faith
of people. We ask them to show faith oin the people of the State," Mufti added.
Mobile services were introduced in the Kashmir valley a few years ago. It is estimated
that there will be business loss of around Rs 3 billion in the State as out of
the 45 million connections, 3.9 million connections are pre-paid. The Ministry
had even asked the Department of Telecommunications to take appropriate action
in the matter for implementation of the decision. The step came in the wake of
the reports that proper verification was not being done while providing such pre-paid
mobile connections by the service providers/vendors. In some cases, a single person
had been issued with multiple number of connections. Fake documents/identity numbers
were also reportedly being used by the vendors particularly, in the case of pre-paid
connections. This situation had given rise to serious security concerns. |
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