KL Report
Srinagar
Ahead of Republic Day parades in Srinagar and elsewhere on Saturday, mobile phone and internet services were suspended across the Kashmir Valley as part of a security drill.
Different service providers did not issue any alert to subscribers before suspending their services.
Contacted on landline phones, people in Srinagar, Ganderbal,Islamabd, Badgam, Baramulla, Sopore and other towns said mobile phones had stopped working since Saturday morning. However, later in the day the services were restored.
Last year too mobile phone services were withdrawn in the valley on Jan 26 and Aug 15.
