Srinagar, January 6: Amid the ongoing clampdown on internet in Kashmir Valley, the administration has decided to uplift the curb in parts of Awantipora district to allow students to fill National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 online forms. The move will aid scores of medical education aspirants in the region, who were forced to move to the Tourist Reception Centre (TRC) in Srinagar -- the only location in the erstwhile J&K state capital where internet could be accessed.

"Internet facility has been provided to students for filling NEET 2020 forms," the District Police of Awantipora said in a statement issued on Monday. The announcement also comes nearly a week after the J&K administration announced that government hospitals would be allowed to use broadband internet. Jammu and Kashmir: Broadband Internet Restored at Government Hospitals, Govt Health Centres Across Valley.

Update by ANI

Internet and other communication services were clamped down in Jammu & Kashmir on August 5, when the Centre took the unprecedented decision of revoking the region's semi-autonomous status. After nearly a month of blanket restrictions, landline services were restored in the Valley. Mobile services on postpaid cards were enabled in October, whereas, the SMS services on postpaid BSNL SIMs was enabled on December 31. The restrictions on prepaid phones, broadband and mobile internet services are yet to be lifted.

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