Farmers' protest: Haryana extends suspension of mobile internet in 7 districts till Feb 20

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Chandigarh: The Haryana government on Monday further extended the ban on mobile internet and bulk SMS services in seven districts by a day till February 20 in the wake of the farmers' ongoing 'Delhi Chalo' agitation..

These districts are Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa, the government said in an order...

Meanwhile, in the order, Additional Chief Secretary of Haryana T V S N Prasad said, "After assessment of the current prevailing law and order situation in the state, the conditions are still critical and tense in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa districts."..

"...There is a clear potential of disruption of public utilities, damage to public assets and amenities and disturbance of public law and order in the above-mentioned districts on account of misuse of internet services by spreading inflammatory material and false rumours," Prasad said...

According to the order, the suspension of the mobile internet services, bulk SMS (excluding banking and mobile recharge) and all dongle services etc provided on mobile networks, except the voice calls in the jurisdiction of these districts, have been extended till February 20...

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