{"id":186599,"date":"2022-03-18T00:47:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=186599"},"modified":"2022-03-18T00:47:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:17:58","slug":"arunachal-team-wins-1st-subansiri-river-rafting-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/03\/18\/arunachal-team-wins-1st-subansiri-river-rafting-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Arunachal team’ wins 1st Subansiri river rafting competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAPORIJO, 17 Mar:<\/strong> The ‘Arunachal team’ from Pasighat won the first ever Subansiri River Rafting Competition, finishing a distance of approximately 13 kms from Sippi to Daporijo in 54 minutes.<\/p>\n

They were followed by the ‘Assam team’ and Daporijo-based ‘Tagin Tigers’, who completed the race in 58 minutes and one hour ten minutes, respectively.<\/p>\n

The competition was organised by the Arunachal Pradesh Watersports Association (APWA), in collaboration with Arunachal Tourism and the Indian Rafting Foundation (IRF).<\/p>\n

Speaking at the award ceremony, Tourism Director Abu Tayeng said that the competition was “a promotional event to study the potential of the Subansiri river for rafting.”<\/p>\n

“It was also held to study other aspects by the experts to build a future roadmap for such river events in the district,” he said.<\/p>\n

He said that the competition was supposed to be organised last year but it had to be postponed due to the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

“Though there was less participation in comparison to national-level events such as the one held on the Siang recently, we look forward to more rafting enthusiasts who will participate in the event in the future,” he said.<\/p>\n

Tayeng added that this was the first time that a river rafting competition was held in the district.<\/p>\n

IRF president Shaukat Sikand said that, if the road connectivity improves, the Subansiri river would serve as the best spot for national and international rafting events.<\/p>\n

He said that the most encouraging sign in the competition was the participation of a women’s team.<\/p>\n

“Now, my vision and endeavour is to build a team from the state that will represent the country in world championships. The youths from the state have the potential to shine in international platforms. Therefore, I also appeal to the state government to encourage such talent with proper training,” he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, ADC (in-charge) Takar Raba assured that the district administration would provide every possible logistical help for conducting such events. He also encouraged the women participants to continue the profession with dedication.<\/p>\n

He said that the youths of the district have the potential to shine in river events and they should make the best use of such opportunities.<\/p>\n

The winning team consisted of Bijonto Pertin, Tobong Perme, Bani Darin, and Nobang Tayeng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAPORIJO, 17 Mar: The ‘Arunachal team’ from Pasighat won the first ever Subansiri River Rafting Competition, finishing a distance of approximately 13 kms from Sippi to Daporijo in 54 minutes. They were followed by the ‘Assam team’ and Daporijo-based ‘Tagin Tigers’, who completed the race in 58 minutes and one hour ten minutes, respectively. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-186599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}