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\"It is not only the owner who needs high speed internet to carry out business, but customers as well who check my page and buy products online,\" the 28-year-old told .
A graduate in psychology and a masters in linguistics, Iqra realised early that she will have to look for avenues other than a government job for earning a livelihood. Using the power of social media, she started 'TulPalav', translated from Kashmiri as \"Pick the Clothes\" in 2015.
She and her team designed the products and put them for sale on social media platforms like Facebook<\/a> and instagram<\/a>. In 2017, Iqra went for professional training in designing and did a course in fashion designing from a renowned institute in Delhi.
\"I started from Instagram and Facebook. I was having 50,000 followers on Instagram till February, but now it's all gone as my account was hacked,\" she said.
Given the uncertainty of internet services in the valley in the wake of the 2016 unrest and subsequent student protests in 2017, the young entrepreneur thought of opening a physical store in view of the response to her products.
\"The store is ready but then August 2019 happened (lockdown following abrogation of Article 370<\/a>) and now COVID-19<\/a> lock down... The store could not even be inaugurated. All my hard work is going into vain,\" she rued.
Iqra feels that if 4G internet services are restored, her business can pick up again.
\"When I started, I got a good response from people being a Kashmiri brand. My brand is all about Kashmiri culture and tradition. So people supported me. I have customers worldwide. And they appreciate it. I used to get an average of 20 orders per day which would keep my team of 10 busy in work.
\"Now we have zero orders because uploading pictures of the products is a herculean task and people do not have patience to download these pictures at less than 2G speed,\" she added.
Iqra said it was not only her but hundreds of 'netpreneurs<\/a>' who were suffering from the lack of high speed internet.
\"It is not only me. Hundreds of Kashmiris are facing the same problem. I have been talking to so many people, they are on the verge of closing,\" she said.
Yasir Ahad was working as a sales executive with a leading carpet company of Kashmir in Thailand for several years before he decided to turn into an employer by starting an online retail shop of branded clothing.
\"My experience in sales within the country and abroad had given me enough contacts which I used to set up my business on Facebook. The response was good and I hired five boys for delivering goods initially within Srinagar and later to adjoining districts, \" he said.
However, the dream of being a successful entrepreneur using the power of internet ended on August 5 last year.
\"I am planning to move back to sales at and when the COVID-19 lockdown ends globally,\" he added.
Besides these budding entrepreneurs, the established business houses are also suffering heavily.
\"Our carpet industry is on the verge of collapse as the orders have come down to a trickle in the wake of last year's internet shutdown. We used to send our inventories to our customers abroad using instant messaging apps like WhatsApp<\/a>. That is almost impossible now, given the time it takes to send pictures and videos across,\" president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sheikh Ashiq said.
Ashiq, who is also a member of the Carpet Promotion Council of India, said the hopes of any revival were dashed after the pandemic threw normal life out of gear.
He said the other sectors of Kashmiri businesses have also been hit badly by low internet speeds.
High speed internet in Jammu and Kashmir is suspended since August 5, 2019.
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”不仅是老板谁需要高速互联网开展业务,但客户检查我的页面和在线购买产品,”这位28岁的告知。
在心理学和语言学硕士学位毕业,Iqra早意识到她将不得不寻找其他途径比政府工作赚取生计。利用社会媒体的力量,她开始“TulPalav”,翻译从克什米尔”2015年挑选的衣服”。
她和她的团队设计了产品和把它们在社交媒体平台上出售脸谱网和instagram。2017年,Iqra去专业培训课程在设计和服装设计从德里著名研究所。
“我从Instagram和Facebook。我有50000追随者Instagram直到2月,但现在都没有了,我的账户被黑客攻击,”她说。
鉴于互联网服务的不确定性在谷中2016年的动荡之后,2017年和随后的学生抗议,开放的青年企业家认为物理存储的回应她的产品。
“商店准备然后发生了2019年8月(废除后锁定第370条),现在COVID-19锁定……商店甚至不能就职。我所有的努力是徒劳的,”她哀叹。
Iqra觉得如果恢复4 g网络服务,她的生意可以再次拾起。
“当我开始,我有了一个好的反应从克什米尔人的品牌。我的品牌是关于克什米尔文化和传统。所以人们支持我。我有全球客户。他们很感激。我曾经得到的平均每天20订单将保持我的团队10繁忙的工作。
“现在我们有了零订单因为上传的图片的产品是一个艰巨的任务,人们没有耐心下载这些照片速度小于2 g,”她补充道。
Iqra说它不仅是她,但数百netpreneurs“那些遭受缺乏高速互联网。
“这不仅是我。数以百计的克什米尔人正面临着同样的问题。我已经和很多人说话,他们即将结束,”她说。
阿哈德亚希尔工作作为一个领先的地毯公司的销售主管克什米尔在泰国几年前他决定变成雇主开始一个在线零售商店的品牌服装。
“我的销售在国内和国外的经验给了我足够的接触,我在Facebook上用于设置我的生意。响应很好,我雇了五个男孩最初交付货物在斯利那加,后来到邻近的地区,”他说。
然而,梦想成为一个成功的企业家利用互联网的力量在去年8月5日结束。
“我打算搬回销售当COVID-19全球封锁结束,”他补充道。
除了这些崭露头角的企业家,建立商行也遭受严重。
“我们的地毯行业正处于崩溃的边缘涓涓细流的订单已经下来后,去年的互联网关闭。我们用来发送库存到国外客户使用即时消息传递应用程序WhatsApp。现在几乎是不可能的,所花费的时间发送图片和视频,”总统克什米尔商会和行业,谢赫Ashiq说。
Ashiq,印度地毯推广委员会的一员,表示任何复苏的希望破灭后,大流行把齿轮正常生活。
他说克什米尔企业的其他部门也被低网速严重受挫。
高速互联网在查谟和克什米尔悬浮自8月5日,2019年。
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