The Haryana authorities has ordered the suspension of web and bulk SMS companies (excluding banking and cell recharge) in Nuh district from 9 pm on Sunday as a part of a string of measures taken to make sure peaceable motion through the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, two years after violent communal clashes broke out within the space throughout the identical occasion.
All authorities and personal faculties within the district will stay shut for the day, police officers advised information company PTI, including that round 2,500 police personnel might be deployed within the space.
In accordance with the State Residence Division’s order, all social media platforms like WhatsApp, Fb, Twitter, and so on. on cell phones and SMS companies might be blocked in a bid to curb the unfold of misinformation and rumours. Cellular web and bulk SMS companies might be suspended until 9 pm right now, as per the order.
In 2023, a minimum of two individuals had been killed and 15 injured, together with policemen, as two teams clashed on the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra.
Native authorities have already banned the sale of meat alongside the yatra route beginning Sunday, with meat outlets ordered to stay closed till July 24.
In accordance with police, cow vigilante Bittu Bajrangi has been denied permission to attend the yatra and his social media accounts have been suspended, reported PTI.
The sale of petrol or diesel in open containers similar to bottles might be prohibited at gasoline stations in Nuh district from 6 am to 12 midday on Monday, they stated.
“No consideration needs to be paid to any form of rumours. Strict motion needs to be taken in opposition to these spreading misinformation,” Kumar stated, including {that a} particular group will monitor social media to curb any makes an attempt to vitiate the environment.
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