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The phone and internet blackout in Kashmir is so total that locals reportedly don't know India rewrote their constitution

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Geekz Snow
The phone and internet blackout in Kashmir is so total that locals reportedly don't know India rewrote their constitution

The blackout came as India changes its constitution to revoke the Kashmir region's substantial autonomy from India's central government.

While blackouts are common in Kashmir, reports say this is the most crippling yet.

Local journalists are unable to report, and many residents are so shut off that they don't know about the constitutional changes behind the blackout, local journalist Fahad Shah wrote in TIME.

Indian authorities shut off the internet, cellphone, and landline services in the disputed region on Monday, and have yet to restore them.

Security services have also blocked off many parts of the region and banned public gatherings.

Authorities have also detained at least 300 local politicians and pro-independence activists to prevent protests, Reuters reported, citing local police, and media.

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