On April 10, Asgar Hussain Samoon, principal secretary of the J&K government’s education department, said students cannot download textbooks as internet speed is slow. The demand for restoration of high-speed 4G internet has become louder in the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak. By April 17, there were more than 300 coronavirus cases in Jammu and Kashmir, and the number is rising. The priorities of the government, however, are clear from its order reiterating that only 2G will be allowed. “The restrictions on mobile internet have been taken in view of reports received from the intelligence and law enforcement agencies, which, among other things, bring out the fact of the attempts made by the anti-national elements to spread propaganda and ideologies through transmission of fake news and targeted messages aimed at disturbing the public order and cause disaffection and discontent as also coordinate acts of terrorism,” the order reads.