Darjeeling unrest: Internet services face complete shutdown

Days after the West Bengal government blocked mobile internet services in the hills of Darjeeling, broadband services, too, have been shut down.

On Tuesday evening, broadband service providers sent out messages to users, saying, "As WB govt instructions, Internet/Data Services will be closed until further noticed (sic)."

Since the blocking of mobile internet services, broadband services were available in the town intermittently, with breaks in between.

The indefinite bandh called by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has entered its seventh day.

Meanwhile on Tuesday, a delegation of GJM met Union minister Kiren Rijiju and submitted a two-point memorandum demanding a separate state of Gorkhaland.