Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet, Broadband
Bihar
Local authorities in Bihar's Jamui region ordered Internet services to be suspended for 48 hours following communal unrest.
- Total Duration 2 days
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
Speaking to The Hindu, District Magistrate of Jamui, Abhilasha Sharma, said the orders were given as a "preventative measure".
As of 2011 (latest records), the population of Janui District was 1.7 million people.
Other supporting information
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