Internet Shutdowns Data

Assam

Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan

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State Assam
District(s) Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Golaghat, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan
Network Affected Mobile
Nature Preventive
Duration (hours) 24
Published Date 10 Dec 2019
Shutdown Window - - Present
Status Active
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Owning to protests about the Citizenship amendment bill, there have been wide spread protests taking place in Assam. Internet has been suspended in the districts from 7PM on 11th December to 7PM on 12th December to curb violence and spread of protests in the State.

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