Farmer Protest: Nowadays, life of most people becomes incomplete without internet. The role of Internet has become very important not only in the cities of India but also in the rural areas, and people are not able to spend even a day without the Internet, because people are heavily dependent on the Internet for their daily work. In such a situation, you can imagine for yourself how worried people will be if the internet is shut down even for an hour. Nowadays people of Haryana are facing this problem.
Internet shut down in Haryana
Actually, nowadays the farmers of the country are protesting against the government, and because of this farmer movement, the farmers had called upon the farmers of other states to ‘Delhi Chalo’ on 13 February. In view of this protest by the farmers, the Haryana government on Saturday evening announced suspension of mobile internet services in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa from February 11 to February 13.
According to the Haryana government, mobile internet service will remain closed in these seven districts of Haryana from 6 am on February 11 to 23:59 pm on February 13. Actually, under the banner of United Kisan Morcha and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, farmers of Punjab and Haryana are organizing ‘Delhi Chalo’ on 13 February.
what things are allowed
Farmers are demanding Minimum Support Price i.e. MSP for their crops from the Central Government. For this reason, the Home Ministry of Haryana Government has banned internet service in seven districts of its state. The government says that it wants to stop the spread of fake news through social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. During this period, personal SMS, mobile recharge, banking SMS, voice calls, corporate and domestic broadband and internet facilities provided by leased lines will remain operational.
The impact of the farmers’ movement is also being seen in Delhi NCR. Farmers have gathered in many border areas of Delhi, whom the police are stopping from entering Delhi. There is heavy traffic jam in many areas of Delhi NCR. Delhi Police is on high alert, and Section 144 has also been imposed in many areas. Therefore, if this movement does not subside then perhaps the internet ban may affect Delhi NCR also.