Maratha quota stir: Internet shutdown ordered in Sambhajinagar district
As the agitation by Marathas for reservation intensified, the home department has ordered a 48-hour clampdown
In order to stop the spread of rumours amid the ongoing Maratha quota agitation, both mobile and broadband Internet services would be suspended for 48 hours in most parts of central Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district from Wednesday (November 1) evening, an official said.
The shutdown will be enforced from 6 pm on Wednesday (November 1) to 6 pm on Friday (November 3), he said. The action was being taken following orders from additional chief secretary (home) Sujata Saunik, he said.
The order was applicable to the talukas of Gangapur, Vaijapur, Khultabad, Phulambri, Sillod, Kannad, Paithan, Soegaon and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, barring the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city.
To maintain law and order and prevent the spread of rumors, Internet services provided through dongles, broadband, wireline internet, fibre internet will be suspended for a period of 48 hours, the official said.
Violence broke out in many parts of Maharashtra in the last three days after activist Manoj Jarange launched a hunger strike for the demand of the Maratha quota.
(With agency inputs)