| Patrice Riemens on Wed, 2 Jan 2002 19:46:10 +0100 (CET) |
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| <nettime> Indian government takes Kashmir of the Net |
(From the Sarai Reader-list) After severing the bus and train service between India and Pakistan, there is more suffering in store for the common people, the first to be taken out in case of tensions and hostilities. Given the fact that this kind of measures hardly impacts on the communication and travel possibilities of real terrorists, it must a deliberate policy, informed by fear, ignorance, or worse. And yes, there's probably more to come. patrice, wishing you all peace in 2002 NB: STD, ISD are Indian acronyms for national resp. international trunk call dialling. PCOs are (usually) small entrepreneurs operated public telephone facilities. Given their margins and debt/income position, it is needless to add that these guys will be wiped out by the measure. That's been probably factored in too... ----- Forwarded message from Ravi Sundaram <[email protected]> ----- Subject: [Reader-list] Long distance servies withdrawn in Kashmir Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 11:50:48 +0530 This is a news report on the withdrawal of long distance services from Kashmir. Given the near-hysterical war fever that has been the flavour in the government and the media in Delhi..the restrictions on independent access and independent media in the Valley are part of the package. Web sites blocked, Internet access limited in "security areas", more to come? Ravi STD, ISD, Internet services withdrawn in Kashmir SRINAGAR: STD and ISD services were withdrawn from all private public call offices (PCOs) and cybercafes in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday following reports of misuse of the facilities by militants which came to light, especially after the December 13 attack on Parliament. While crippling the STD and ISD facilities in the valley, Bharat Sanchar Nagam Ltd (BSNL) officials, however, said that the facilities to individuals, firms and offices would remain intact. The decision to withdraw the services for an "indefinite period" owing to security reasons was reportedly taken after the first meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security, which met after the audacious attack on Parliament. The move, according to informed sources, was taken after it was found that Mohammed, leader of the suicide squad attack on Parliament, had extensively used the Internet and e-mail facilities while planning the December 13 operations. It may be mentioned that security personnel had seized a laptop from Mohammed Afzal, pointman of Jaish-e-Mohammed, and during its scrutiny it was found that Mohammed had finalised the plan through e-mails to Pakistan and Dubai. The sources said that anti-national elements, mainly militants, were using the STD, ISD and Internet facilities for "taking instructions from their mentors across the border." Meanwhile, the fresh move may also put into jeopardy the prestigious project of the Jammu and Kashmir government of setting up a software park in the valley. ( PTI ) _______________________________________________ Reader-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list ----- End forwarded message ----- # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]