The impact of two extensive lockdowns on J&K explained in seven charts
Two spells of lockdown — the first after Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of its statehood and its special constitutional status and the second related to COVID-19 — have left the erstwhile State in disarray.
With the tourism industry crippled and 4G Internet still not restored, J&K’s economy has suffered. While terrorism considerably dipped, cross-border infiltrations have gone up and more locals are being recruited for terrorist activities.
Internet snapped
The Internet shutdown in the J&K U.T. between August 4, 2019 and March 4, 2020 was the longest in any democracy. Even after the shutdown ended, only 2G and broadband Internet were restored.https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-one-year-since-article-370-revocation-economy-crippled-more-locals-take-up-militancy-and-more/article32273731.ece