{"id":249097,"date":"2024-09-23T00:22:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=249097"},"modified":"2024-09-23T00:22:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T18:52:31","slug":"cleanup-drive-organised-to-mark-wrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/cleanup-drive-organised-to-mark-wrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleanup drive organised to mark WRD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 22 Sep:<\/strong> To commemorate the World River Day (WRD), the Youth Mission for Clean River (YMCR) and the Abralow Memorial Multipurpose Society, with support from the Itanagar Smart City, organised a cleanup drive along the Yagamso river in Chandranagar on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over a hundred volunteers, including students from the North East Homoeopathic Medical College &amp; Hospital and representatives from Kamsa Dramatics Society participated in the initiative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cleanup was organised in collaboration with Jarbom Gamlin Government Law College, the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, and the Poma Panchayat Youth Welfare Society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The volunteers removed approximately 9 tonnes of garbage from the riverbed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the gathering after the cleanup, YMCR chairman SD Loda underscored the urgent need for environmental conservation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He highlighted the devastating impact of pollution on animals, aquatic species, wildlife, and the overall ecosystem, emphasising the growing threat of climate change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Loda urged everyone to take proactive steps to protect the environment and prevent an existential crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A youth from Poma panchayat, Yakap Kino, also spoke at the event, urging visitors to the Poma river to maintain civic responsibility and keep the river and its surroundings clean. A representative from the NYKS also addressed the gathering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Miss Arunachal 1st runner-up Taba Anya joined the cleanup effort and participated in a door-to-door information campaign, educating residents about proper waste disposal, segregation, and the importance of river conservation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 22 Sep: To commemorate the World River Day (WRD), the Youth Mission for Clean River (YMCR) and the Abralow Memorial Multipurpose Society, with support from the Itanagar Smart City, organised a cleanup drive along the Yagamso river in Chandranagar on Sunday. Over a hundred volunteers, including students from the North East Homoeopathic Medical College [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249097","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\/249097","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=249097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}