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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Rajulapudi Srinivas

Andhra Pradesh: Amalapuram techies shift base to access Internet

The suspension of Internet services in Amalapuram and its surrounding areas in the wake of violence over the renaming of Konaseema district after Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is giving the students and techies who are working from home the jitters. They are now travelling to their friends or relatives in the nearby areas to access the Internet services .

The Internet services were stopped in Amalapuram, Razole, Ambajipeta, Kothapeta, P. Gannavaram, Jaggannapeta, Mukkamala, Dindi, Ravulapalem, Razole, Mummidivaram, Inavilli, Mukteswaram and other places soon after the violence in Amalapuram on May 24.

“The accused had sent communications through Whatsapp groups and SMSes. They burnt several APSRTC and private buses, two-wheelers, set afire the houses of Transport Minister Pinipe Viswaroop and MLA P. Satish,” said Director General of Police (DGP) K. V. Rajendranath Reddy.

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