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Gujarat Village Bans Single Women From Using Mobile Phones

srijita
Last updated: 2016/02/26 at 4:52 PM
By srijita 2 Min Read
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Gujarat Village Bans Single Women From Using Mobile Phones

A village in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat has banned single women from using mobile phones, with elders deeming the technology a “nuisance to society”.

Members of the Suraj village council in Mehsana, the Prime Minister’s home district, passed a resolution in early February outlawing the use of mobile phones for teenage girls and young women.

“Community leaders felt that just like liquor, the use of mobile phones by unmarried women was a nuisance to society,” village head Devshi Vankar told AFP, adding that a similar ban would be announced for school-age boys soon.

He said mobile phones were distracting unmarried women from carrying out their studies and household chores in the village, which has a population of 2,000.

If caught owning or speaking on a mobile phone, the violators will face a Rs. 2,100 ($30) fine, according to the council, which is also offering Rs. 200 to informers for tip-offs.

However, they can talk on their parents’ or relatives’ phones.

The ban was imposed at a meeting originally called to discuss the community’s growing alcohol abuse problem.

It comes amid a nationwide campaign by Modi to spread the use of technology in rural India.

Last year the government launched its “Digital India” initiative to help boost connectivity in India, where nearly a billion people do not have access to the Internet.

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srijita February 26, 2016
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