Srinagar, October 14: Over 70 days after the Kashmir was put under an unprecedented lockdown and all communication lines were snapped, the government has restored postpaid mobile services in the Valley.
Postpaid mobile phone services have been restored on the state-run BSNL network in the Kashmir Valley.
Mobile internet and broadband still continue to be blacked out in the Valley since the August decision that saw a magnanimous shift in the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
On August 5, Home Minister Amit Shah had announced the government’s major decision to scrap Article 370 to strip Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and also bifurcate the strife-torn state into two Union Territories.
Ever since, the government has imposed an unprecedented lockdown on the Valley, including the blackout of all communication lines.
On Saturday the J&K adminitration announced that some 40 lakh postpaid mobile phones will become operational from Monday noon.
