{"id":269395,"date":"2025-08-23T00:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=269395"},"modified":"2025-08-23T00:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T19:03:18","slug":"darka-declared-tobacco-free-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/23\/darka-declared-tobacco-free-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Darka declared tobacco-free village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>AALO, 22 Aug:<\/strong> Darka in West Siang district has been declared a tobacco-free village under the National Tobacco Control Programme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The declaration was made by West Siang Deputy Commissioner [i\/c] Mabi Taipodia Jini during a public programme held in Darka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the gathering, the DC appealed to the village volunteers and community members to remain vigilant and ensure that the village remains free from tobacco and substance abuse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Highlighting the harmful effects of tobacco consumption, the DC cautioned that prolonged use of tobacco products can lead to life-threatening diseases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">District Medical Officer Dr Linya Lollen also appealed to the villagers to imbibe healthy and hygienic practices in their daily lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">District Programme Officer for Non-communicable Diseases Dr Tsering Wangmu highlighted theobjective of declaring the village tobacco-free, while ZPC Tumpe Ete urged both youths and elders to abstain from the use of tobacco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SP Kardak Riba commended the efforts of the &#8220;community police&#8221; in making Darka a tobacco-free village.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme was attended by PHED EE P Padu, HGBs, youths, a medical team, Humgo Rigo anti-drug volunteers, panchayat leaders, and senior citizens. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AALO, 22 Aug: Darka in West Siang district has been declared a tobacco-free village under the National Tobacco Control Programme. The declaration was made by West Siang Deputy Commissioner [i\/c] Mabi Taipodia Jini during a public programme held in Darka. Addressing the gathering, the DC appealed to the village volunteers and community members to remain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-269395","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\/269395","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=269395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}