{"id":94796,"date":"2026-04-27T23:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/?p=94796"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:27:57","slug":"sopore-admin-turns-to-tanga-in-unique-anti-drug-awareness-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/sopore-admin-turns-to-tanga-in-unique-anti-drug-awareness-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Sopore admin turns to Tanga in unique anti-drug awareness drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aadil Nazir<\/p>\n<p>Sopore, Apr 27 : In a unique awareness drive against drug abuse, the district administration here in north Kashmir&#8217;s Sopore has turned to the traditional \u2018Tanga\u2019 (horse-cart) as an unconventional tool to reach out to the public, especially the youth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The innovative programme, organised by the civil administration on Monday, drew maximum public attention to the anti-drug message. The event saw participation from civil society and chemists\u2019 associations, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The objective is to disseminate the message about the ill-effects of drugs to as many people as possible, especially the youth,&#8221; Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Sopore, Shabir Ahmad Raina, told media.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said the district administration, following government directions, has a daily schedule of outreach programmes. &#8220;We have a programme in every panchayat to spread awareness about how harmful drugs are for society,&#8221; Raina said, adding that line departments are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aadil Nazir Sopore, Apr 27 : In a unique awareness drive against drug abuse, the district administration here in north Kashmir&rsquo;s Sopore has turned to the traditional &lsquo;Tanga&rsquo; (horse-cart) as an unconventional tool to reach out to the public, especially the youth. &nbsp; The innovative programme, organised by the civil administration on Monday, drew maximum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kashmir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94796"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94798,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94796\/revisions\/94798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.khushalekashmir.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}