Regional shutdown
SMS, Mobile Internet
Haryana
Haryana authorities ordered mobile Internet and SMS services to be suspended in Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri districts amid local unrest.
- Total Duration 3 days
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
The suspension, enacted under Rule 3, Section 20 of the Telecommunications Act, 2023, covered all mobile networks from 2G to 5G and was effective from Tuesday, 19 August, 11:00 to Thursday, 21 August, 11:00.
Additional Chief Secretary of the Home Department, Sumita Mishra, was quoted by local media to have extended the order by 24 hours, stating that this decision was taken due to the potential for tension, protests, damage to public and private property, and disturbance of peace.
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