Internet services to remain suspended till Monday noon in Surat
The Gujarat Government suspended mobile Internet services on Saturday across the state
Surat: Surat District Collector Rajendra Kumar on Sunday said that Internet services would remain suspended in Surat till 12 noon tomorrow.
The Gujarat Government suspended mobile Internet services on Saturday across the state following the detention of Patidar Ananmat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Hardik Patel.
A lot of people in the state are affected by the ban and are criticising the government’s decision to put a stop to mobile services in the city.
That moment when Internet gets banned again. Are #patel the only people that live in Gujarat?. Think of others #Surat @deshgujarat
— LpEminemGreenday? (@pareenlp96) September 19, 2015
404 Error : Democracy not found. #InternetBan
— Yash Tiwari (@OfficialYashx) September 19, 2015According to the original notification issued by Ahmedabad city Police Commissioner Shivanand Jha, mobile Internet services have been banned from this afternoon to 12 PM on September 20. Jha in the notification had said that the action had been taken to curb rumours after Hardik's detention and to control the law and order situation.
In Rajkot also, mobile Internet services have been prohibited for a week, said District Collector Manisha Chandra.
Gujarat had witnessed violence after Hardik's detention on August 25, in which ten people were killed in the state and property of crores was damaged as well.
Then too, the state administration had banned mobile Internet services for around a week to prevent rumours.