Earlier Whenever Encounters or synonymous activities like any Law and Order problem emanates in the region, Government was either reducing high speed internet or making it completely off from mobile phones. In August previous year, The internet was completely barred due to abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A in August 2019 by Government. It was a huge gap of 6 months and couple of weeks ago we were permitted, made applicable with much lower pace in name of 2g serving speed. Now this is a best time to think on it.
As of now we are seeing the live berth, how the world has been under the continuous transformation of COVID-19 and is battling to it with much effort of lockdown position and curfews. Similar pathetic situation seems in our State, where whole of Jammu and Kashmir has been shut after Kashmir reports ist positive case of Corona virus from Down town area of Srinagar.
The barring of internet move, as always, was to apparently prevent the spread of rumours and all that incitement to violence regarding abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A by Parliament.
However the situation is different and not conducive at all at this critical and crucial juncture in view of shutting high speed internet as whole of the world has been under the siege of Deadly Corona Virus. Whole of the Globe, the developed Countries like the great superpower USA, Europe, UK, China ,Italy, South Korea and other major countries including India and our state are fighting the Pandemic. In fact the pandemic has ceased and engulfed whole of the Cosmic.
The immediate need of hour in our state is restoration of full-fledged internet. People especially the patients and the students are battling in our state. Previously due to Hartals and this time due to lock owing to deadly pandemic. Infact, Internet and Social media has became the spine of all the issues weather politics,social, moral or our health related. If we go for reality checkouts and facts , Internet can turn a back bone in making us aware, sharing the good and updated videos or informative lectures regarding the deadly Pandemic. Indeed, Internet can turn a good source for public to awake and to remain conscious about the deadly infection and can even stop the immortal pandemic as much of the population can sit indoors.
But, our Administration is taking it as such and facile. Alas!!
Isn’t our Administration couching a huge of mass population at stake?
The irony is that,Doctors and paramedics on one side,are assisting the patients through internet regarding fatal Corona Virus to keep them updated, in developed countries and Italy and America (with world’s best ever medical facilities) as particular, while Our medical and paramedical staff and we as part of largest democracy are still missing and misleading it.
How come out Government be so fragile and injudicious for us?
The main sufferers are Students as they are highly dependent, particularly in this crucial exigency when they are out of their Schools and Coaching institutes,
Its long term and short term effects on teachers and professionals when they have been out of their Educational hubs, when all schools and Educational institutes have been closed in view of this fatal Virus. Where will the students go? What about their studies? What about the research of professionals?.
It is not only the single source of information but much important part of information,as every purpose needs it.
Every source needs it to update the latest and good information and every user finds it facile and comfortable as they get the best and latest instructive data through it.
As the 21st century advances and as the ubiquity of the internet demonstrates knowledge regarding everything and even immediate updated information is being communized. To kept it under control and keep people custodial for it even at this time is a fool’s idea.
Students, professionals, businessmen and particularly the people suffering from deadly pandemic COVID-19 and other assorted individuals, for whom do you think, internet is not an immediate necessity.
The deadly virus is killing us and we are in its aperture with shortage of internet. What kind of injustice is this?. It simply lines Government is stocking a millions of lives at stake at this crucial and emergency aura.
Government should leave the conflict aside, This time people are onerous and laborious for their lives. It puts a question mark to our rights as well.
The right to life and health are universally recognised and are a fundamental part of our understanding a life with dignity. Internet and social media can prove much beneficial and advantageous in these fastidious and dubious hours, can make people mindful and cautious, can help people to live in social isolation, maintaining of social distancing and to remain confined to home-quarantine and self-quarantine. The Government must understand and fathom about it to save us, to save a mass of population from this deadly, malignant and pernicious Disease. Requesting to administration to understand the gravity of this matter and make high speed internet available for us.
#StayHome, #StayAlive, #StayHealthy.
Authors are student of SSM college of Engineering and Technology and can be mailed at idreesdalal865@gmail.com
