Jammu & Kashmir Needs Internet to Fight COVID-19
Today, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India (Justice N.V. Ramana, Justice Subash Reddy and Justice B.R.Gavai) is hearing a petition seeking restoration of 4G internet in Jammu & Kashmir.
We have prepared this image to engage the online community to help vocalise that 2G internet (which was only recently restored) is redundant because doctors are unable to download videos or images pertaining to the pandemic related information.
The petition filed by “Foundation for Media Professionals” contends that the patients, doctors, and the general public of Jammu & Kashmir are unable to access the latest information, guidelines, advisories, and restrictions about COVID-19 that are being made available and continuously updated online on a daily basis.
The reduced internet speed has rendered “telemedicine” or online video consultation impossible. The petition stated that restoration of full-fledged internet services is also crucial to strictly implement the “work from home” policy being promoted by the government. The outbreak of COVID-19 in the valley is a ‘potential explosion’ waiting to happen.
