In sixth order, govt extends mobile internet suspension till midnight
The government extended the mobile internet shutdown in and around Delhi's Jantar Mantar protest site until midnight, the sixth order in five days.
The order directs telecom service providers including Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea to suspend mobile internet within a 1.5-km radius of Jantar Mantar.
On Friday, the Delhi High Court agreed to urgently hear a petition challenging the suspension of mobile internet around Jantar Mantar.
Protesters have turned to the app Bitchat Mesh, which creates a Bluetooth-based mesh network for messaging without mobile internet.
The repeated internet suspensions have not disrupted protest coordination, with volunteers distributing water, food, and medicines on the ground.
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