Regional shutdown
Mobile Internet
Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal districts, Central and South Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
A complete shutdown is being observed on Thursday across the Kashmir valley in wake of second phase of Lok Sabha polls. All the business establishments remained closed in Srinagarwhile traffic was off the roads. Heavy deployment of the police and paramilitaryforces has been made at all the sensitive places across the Srinagar-Budgamparliamentary constituency seat which is going to polls today.
- Total Duration 1 day
India
- Population
- 1,438,069,596
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
A complete shutdown is being observed on Thursday across the Kashmir valley in wake of second phase of Lok Sabha polls. All the business establishments remained closed in Srinagarwhile traffic was off the roads. Heavy deployment of the police and paramilitaryforces has been made at all the sensitive places across the Srinagar-Budgamparliamentary constituency seat which is going to polls today.
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Jammu & Kashmir: People queue up outside Waliwar C polling booth number 105 in Ganderbal district of Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, to cast their votes. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/cfmKWQD6kM — ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2019
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