Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Haryana, Sh. Anurag Rastogi has passed orders to suspend mobile internet services 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, CDMA, GPRS and bulk SMS…..
Mobile internet, bulk SMS suspended from 6 pm (21st July) to 6 pm (22nd July) in Nuh district
Order issued to prevent any kind of disturbance in peace: DC
Chandigarh, July 21-
Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Haryana, Sh. Anurag Rastogi has passed orders to suspend mobile internet services 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, CDMA, GPRS and bulk SMS (except banking, mobile recharge and voice calls), and all dongle services provided on mobile network in Nuh district from 6 pm on 21st July to 6 pm on 22nd July, 2024.
It is informed that for appropriate action in this regard, all telecom service providers of Haryana have been directed to ensure compliance of these orders. Deputy Commissioner Sh Dhirendra Khadgata said these orders have been issued by the Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Haryana to prevent any kind of disturbance in peace and public order in Nuh district. In case of violation of these orders, legal action will be initiated under relevant provisions.
He said the order has been issued to prevent the possibility of damage to public properties and facilities in Nuh district, disturbance in law and order by spreading inappropriate content and false rumors by misuse of internet services. Apart from this, internet services have been restricted to prevent the possibility of spreading misinformation and rumors through various social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter (X) etc. from mobile internet services, as well as gathering and organizing a crowd to cause serious damage to someone else, causing damage to public and private properties by engaging in arson or vandalism and other types of violent activities.
Personal SMS, mobile recharge, banking SMS, voice calls, corporate and domestic broadband and internet services provided through leased lines are exempted as per public convenience and basic domestic needs of the people, states the order.