RESTORATION OF 4G NET SERVICES: GANDERBAL, UDHAMPUR RESIDENTS DELIGHTED

UDHAMPUR/GANDERBAL (J&K): The residents of Udhampur and Ganderbal districts in J&K were delighted and relieved with the restoration of 4G mobile internet services after a gap of over a year and said on Monday it would help them carry out various activities, be it online classes or professional work, with ease amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The J&K administration

restored the high-speed mobile internet services on Sunday night on a trial basis in Udhampur and Ganderbal districts over a year after the facility was suspended following the abrogation of special status to the erstwhile state on August 5 last year.

"It is a welcome decision as you cannot keep pace with the outside world using lowspeed internet, especially at a time when the pandemic

has brought normal life to a grinding halt and led to a manifold rise in people's dependence on cyberspace," Arjun Khajuria, a resident of Udhampur town, told PTI.

Khajuria, a software engineer who had returned home from Delhi opting the workfrom-home option, said working on 2G mobile internet was a big headache and that he was unable to complete the tasks assigned by

his company.

"As the clock struck 9 pm, everyone who had got the information started surfing the net and it was a pleasant surprise to have 4G mobile internet connectivity. I am relieved now," he said.

Rahul Sharma, who is also working at a private company in Delhi, said that he used to start the day looking for broadband connection or internet cafe.