On the day when postpaid mobile services were restored in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday defended the restrictions saying that every life of a Kashmiri was important and announced that Internet services would be restored soon in the region. He also said that telephone lines were being used by terrorists for mobilisation and carrying out attacks.

Meanwhile Over 70 days after Kashmir was put under an unprecedented lock down by the Centre and all communication lines, including mobile phones and internet were snapped, the government on Monday restored postpaid mobile services in 10 districts of Kashmir. It is to be noted that mobile connections were snapped after the Centre decided to abrogate Article 370, which granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir,on August 5.

People were seen making phone calls to friends and relative son the streets of Srinagar as phones started buzzing around 11:45 AM. There are around 60 lakh mobile connections in the valley and among them 40 lakh are postpaid.