Internet Shutdowns, Pandemic have cost Kashmir Rs 40000 Cr and more than 5 Lakh jobs: Sheikh Ashiq President KCCI

Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad said the 2G internet currently available in the region is not enough for many businesses. Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad, president of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has claimed that the internet restrictions imposed in the region since 5 August last year, and then the Covid-induced lockdown, have caused an economic loss of Rs 40,000 crore in the Valley alone, and that more than five lakh people across sectors are now jobless. Ahmad told ThePrint the industries hit the hardest…

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