Manipur govt looks at restoring mobile internet in peaceful areas

“If found feasible”, it said, the ban will be extended to other parts where “the law and order situation have improved.”

Barring a brief three-day window — September 23 to 26 — mobile internet services have remained completely or partially suspended in Manipur since May 3 when ethnic clashes broke out between the Meitei and the Kuki communities. Broadband services were conditionally restored on July 25.

Groups representing the Naga community, a major ethnic group that has largely stayed away from the conflict, have been pressing the government to restore mobile internet in the areas not gripped by the violence.

These include Senapati, Ukhrul and Chandel districts, which are either dominated by or have a sizeable population of the Naga community.