{"id":281236,"date":"2026-04-17T00:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=281236"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:10:19","slug":"guv-seeks-support-for-growth-in-sports-infra-agri-horticulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/guv-seeks-support-for-growth-in-sports-infra-agri-horticulture\/","title":{"rendered":"Guv seeks support for growth in sports infra, agri-horticulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NEW DELHI, 16 Apr:<\/strong> Governor KT Parnaik emphasised the immense potential of Arunachal Pradesh&#8217; youths in games and sports, and underlined the need for modern and accessible sporting facilities to nurture talent and promote excellence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a meeting with union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia here on Tuesday, the governor sought the minister&#8217;s support for the development of a dedicated football stadium in the state capital, along with the establishment of an integrated sports complex and state sports academies in the western and eastern regions of the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also stressed the importance of creating adequate sports infrastructure within higher educational institutions to encourage greater participation and competitive exposure among young athletes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two also discussed agri-horticulture to accelerate development by empowering youths and leveraging the state&#8217;s agricultural strengths for inclusive and sustainable growth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor highlighted Arunachal&#8217;s growing prominence in kiwi cultivation, noting its potential as a unique agricultural strength of the state. He sought expeditious approval of the proposal &#8216;Kiwi as USP in Arunachal Pradesh&#8217; under the North Eastern Council, aimed at enhancing production, value addition, and market linkages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, the governor advocated establishment of an integrated pack house equipped with solar-based cold storage facilities at the Shergaon horticulture farm in West Kameng district. Such infrastructure, he said, would significantly improve post-harvest management, reduce losses, and boost farmers&#8217; incomes. (Lok Bhavan)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, 16 Apr: Governor KT Parnaik emphasised the immense potential of Arunachal Pradesh&#8217; youths in games and sports, and underlined the need for modern and accessible sporting facilities to nurture talent and promote excellence. During a meeting with union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia here on Tuesday, the governor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-281236","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\/281236","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=281236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281252,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281236\/revisions\/281252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}