The Internet services in the Valley were suspended on July 9, a day after killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter. Since then, only broadband services of state-owned BSNL and private operators is working while the mobile Internet continues to remain suspended.
CSC makes available government services to people in rural areas online like ration card, birth certificate, train tickets, online form submission etc.
As the participants from the Valley were sharing their problems with the media, one government official intervened and asked the reporters to stop their interaction and cover the conference.
This led to heated arguments between the officials and the participants leading to chaos and sloganeering.
CSC e-Governance Services India CEO Dinesh Tyagi later said, “the protesters calmed down afterwards. They have raised issue of non-availability of government services to citizens in the state and Internet connectivity issue on which the minister (Prasad) has assured that he will write to state Chief Minister (Mehbooba Mufti) and look into the issue.”
Tyagi said that around 580 Village Level Entrepreneurs from Jammu and Kashmir, who run CSCs, participated in the conference.
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