{"id":263811,"date":"2025-05-12T02:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T20:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=263811"},"modified":"2025-05-12T02:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T20:42:04","slug":"plantation-drive-organised-in-kiyit-to-combat-recurring-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/plantation-drive-organised-in-kiyit-to-combat-recurring-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Plantation drive organised in Kiyit to combat recurring floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>[ Mingkeng Osik ]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MEBO, 11 May:<\/strong> A plantation drive was organised at Kiyit village here in East Siang district on Sunday, aiming to promote ecological conservation and flood mitigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over 400 deep-rooted trees were planted along the Kadang River bank as part of the plantation drive organised by the Siyon Sirum group under the Eco Clean Mebo Mission [ECMM].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The initiative drew widespread participation from villagers, leaders, and officials, showcasing a strong commitment to environmental protection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Local MLA Oken Tayeng lauded the organisers and the community&#8217;s unity and dedication to sustainable action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ECMM president Olen Megu Damin highlighted Kiyit&#8217;s natural beauty and suggested exploring ecotourism opportunities to provide a sustainable income source while preserving the environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plantation drive chairman Kangge Lego led the participants in an oath to nurture the saplings like their own children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To ensure the long-term survival of the planted trees, the community has devised a rotational maintenance schedule, reinforcing their shared responsibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The drive received generous contributions from individuals and departments, including 220 saplings donated by Oyen Panggam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Mingkeng Osik ] MEBO, 11 May: A plantation drive was organised at Kiyit village here in East Siang district on Sunday, aiming to promote ecological conservation and flood mitigation. Over 400 deep-rooted trees were planted along the Kadang River bank as part of the plantation drive organised by the Siyon Sirum group under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-263811","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\/263811","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=263811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}