Floodlit pitch and sports bank help Arunachal town kick the habit
The Hindu
Sports gear is lent to youth to wean them from drugs
The fight against drugs in a small town in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh is riding on a bank of sports equipment.
Soon after taking charge as the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Miao in February 2021, Sunny K. Singh observed that many children and teenagers inhaling narcotic substances as dusk literally made the town fall into stupour. “Drug peddling and addiction is a huge problem in Arunachal Pradesh. I found out many young people were doing drugs in the evening because they had hardly anything else to do,” Mr. Singh said.
He decided to wake the town of about 8,000 people up with shots, serves and volleys.
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