'Given the chronic impunity for abuses committed by security forces in the past in Kashmir and a lack of unconditional and unconstrained access to the news from the valley, the situation calls for lifting of the communications
blackout without any further delay and to listen and engage with the people of Kashmir.
PPF condemned this media, Internet and telecommunication
blackout and arrests of journalists and urged the Indian government to take immediate steps to restore communications ensure that local and international journalists can report freely from Indian held Jammu and Kashmir.
Examples included: "I'm so stressed I need to get
blackout drunk tonight," and "I want to get
blackout drunk to forget all about this horrible year."
"It terrifies me to think we are facing a national
blackout again," said Maria Luisa Rivero, a 45-year-old business owner from the city of Valencia, in the central state of Carabobo.
Francis Homes Subdivision Phase 7, Barangay San Antonio, Biaan City, Laguna, where the affected areas may experience up to four hours of
blackouts on April 23.
Maduro implemented an electricity rationing plan to stabilize the electricity system in response to the
blackouts.
'If RTM and other federal communication agencies choose to
blackout state leaders programmes, then there is nothing much we can do, but I can only say that such a move will further create division and hatred between the three regions,' he said.
The
blackout affected the provision of ICT services at billing, health information and cash points as well as some wards especially those not on a standby generator.
A
blackout hit a large portion of the famed resort Balesin Island on Friday.
RESIDENTS of ancient Warri and its environs are gradually becoming impatient over the total
blackout that has pervaded the entire area since Tuesday, February 20.