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Home Minister P. Chidambaram has cited that Jammu and Kashmir will continue to face the ban on pre-paid mobile connections because of security issues.
Chidambaram, who was in Kashmir yesterday for monitoring the ongoing work of rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pundits, mentioned that the concerns regarding security were high, because of which the government has restricted the use of prepaid mobile connection in the state.
"Our security concerns have guided our hands on the issue," he said.
The telecom service providers, adhering to the union ministry notification, have restricted the sale of prepaid SIM cards from Nov 1. The recharges of the existing prepaid connection have also been curbed since Nov 1.
The ban came into effect from Nov 1, affecting 3.8 million subscribers across the state.
"We will be holding a meeting with the service providers and will explain the whole scenario on the security front. There would be no compromise on security," he said.
Chidambaram also held a security review meeting and voiced "satisfaction over the situation".
Referring to American intelligence agency Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unearthing a terror plot of Lashkar-e-Taiba targeting the National Defence College, Delhi, the home minister said: "There is nothing to get alarmed about. The situation is under control."
