Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said in Rajya Sabha that the government will restore internet connection in Kashmir as soon as the local administration feels it is fit to do so.
Shah was responding to a series of questions on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir during the Question Hour.
He asserted that not a single person has died in police firing since August 5 when the special status under Article 370 accorded to Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped.
He also said all newspapers and TV channels are functioning in Kashmir and that there is no decline in circulation of newspapers.
'The situation there was always normal. There were many notions spread all over the world. There is total normalcy prevailing. After August 5, not a single person has died in police firing although many feared there would be bloodshed and more number of killings,' the Union home minister said.