Communication channels to be restored in J&K, assures Lt Guv
JAMMU: The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is normal and people are participating in the development process, Lt Governor G C Murmu said on Wednesday assuring no stone would be left unturned for the rapid development of the Union Territory.
The administration is reviewing the situation continuously and all the formal communication channels would be restored in the coming days, he said. “Jammu, of course, was normal and the other part (Kashmir) is also normal. The people are cooperative and they have understood and are now participating in the development process,” Murmu told reporters after inaugurating the upgraded Maulana Azad Stadium here.
The stadium was renovated at a cost of ~40 crore under Prime Minister’s Development Package to host national and international cricket matches. It is the first such facility in Jammu and Kashmir. Asked about the partial restoration of the Internet services in Kashmir and 2G mobile internet services in five districts of Jammu region after being snapped in August last year following abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state into two Union Territories, he said “this is the beginning and we are reviewing the situation continuously.
Mur mu s a i d “We h a v e assessed the situation and we have tried to relax many things (over the past six months). “Now we are freeing the internet also, particularly broadband. We started from January 1 and we would like to see that everything goes normal...i know the children are also affected and they require such kind of facilities for their academic purpose and to see the development all around,” he said.