Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Both mobile and broadband Internet services will be suspended for 48 hours in most parts of central Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district from Wednesday evening to stop the spread of rumours amid the ongoing Maratha quota agitation, an official said here.
The shutdown will be enforced from 6 pm on Wednesday 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 except the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar city.
To maintain law and order and prevent the spread of rumours, Internet services provided through dongles, broadband, wireline internet, and 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.
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