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Wakazi wa Kijiji cha Maharashtra wamedai wamejitangazia uhuru kutoka katika Dunia ya digitali baada ya kuchukua hatua hiyo ili kuwawezesha wananchi kupata muda wa kuzungumza.
Uamuzi huo umefikiwa ambapo wanazima TV na intanenti kila siku Saa 1:00 Usiku hadi 2:30 Usiku wakiamini teknolojia hiyo imesababisha watu wengi kuwa walevi wa mitandao hasa kwa watoto na vijana.
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Maharashtra: India village goes offline daily to help people talk
A village in India's Maharashtra state has declared "independence" from two modern-day addictions - television and mobile internet. At least, for a couple of hours every day.
A siren goes off at 7pm every evening in Vadgaon village in Sangli district, an indication to all residents to switch off their TV sets and mobile phones.
The two instruments of "addiction" can be switched on when the village council sounds the siren again at 8.30pm.
"We decided at the village meeting on 14 August - the eve of India's Independence Day - that we needed to stop this addiction," Vijay Mohite, president of the village council, told BBC Hindi. "From the next day, all television sets and mobiles were shut down when the siren went off."
Vadgaon has a population of about 3,000 people, made up largely of farmers and sugar mill workers.
Mr Mohite said children had become dependent on TV and mobile phones for online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic. As educational institutions reopened this year, children returned to regular classes in schools and colleges.
"But they returned [from class] to either play on their mobile phones or sit and watch television," he said, adding that many adults were also spending too much time on their devices and not talking to each other.
Vandana Mohite (not related to Vijay Mohite) said she was finding it difficult to supervise her two children "because they would be focused completely on playing with the phone or watching TV".
"Since this new norm began, it is far easier for my husband to return home from work and help them study and I can peacefully do my work in the kitchen," she added.
But it was not easy for the village council to get everyone to agree with the idea of a digital detox.
Mr Mohite said initially, when the council discussed the issue and a proposal was taken to the villagers, men scoffed at the idea.
The council then gathered the village women, who were open enough to admit that they could get drawn into watching a lot of TV serials and agreed that the entire village should shut down television and mobiles for a few hours.
Another meeting of the council was held and it was decided that a siren would be installed above the village temple.
The decision was not easy to implement. As the siren went off, council staff and groups of villagers had to go around, urging people to switch off their TVs and mobile phones.
"[Now], the decision has finally been implemented fully across the village," Mr Mohite says.
But, does briefly switching off your TV and phone help?
It can, says Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma, professor of clinical psychology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans).
"Covid has increased preference for online activities or time spent on online activities," he says.
Source: BBC
Uamuzi huo umefikiwa ambapo wanazima TV na intanenti kila siku Saa 1:00 Usiku hadi 2:30 Usiku wakiamini teknolojia hiyo imesababisha watu wengi kuwa walevi wa mitandao hasa kwa watoto na vijana.
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Maharashtra: India village goes offline daily to help people talk
A village in India's Maharashtra state has declared "independence" from two modern-day addictions - television and mobile internet. At least, for a couple of hours every day.
A siren goes off at 7pm every evening in Vadgaon village in Sangli district, an indication to all residents to switch off their TV sets and mobile phones.
The two instruments of "addiction" can be switched on when the village council sounds the siren again at 8.30pm.
"We decided at the village meeting on 14 August - the eve of India's Independence Day - that we needed to stop this addiction," Vijay Mohite, president of the village council, told BBC Hindi. "From the next day, all television sets and mobiles were shut down when the siren went off."
Vadgaon has a population of about 3,000 people, made up largely of farmers and sugar mill workers.
Mr Mohite said children had become dependent on TV and mobile phones for online classes during the Covid-19 pandemic. As educational institutions reopened this year, children returned to regular classes in schools and colleges.
"But they returned [from class] to either play on their mobile phones or sit and watch television," he said, adding that many adults were also spending too much time on their devices and not talking to each other.
Vandana Mohite (not related to Vijay Mohite) said she was finding it difficult to supervise her two children "because they would be focused completely on playing with the phone or watching TV".
"Since this new norm began, it is far easier for my husband to return home from work and help them study and I can peacefully do my work in the kitchen," she added.
But it was not easy for the village council to get everyone to agree with the idea of a digital detox.
Mr Mohite said initially, when the council discussed the issue and a proposal was taken to the villagers, men scoffed at the idea.
The council then gathered the village women, who were open enough to admit that they could get drawn into watching a lot of TV serials and agreed that the entire village should shut down television and mobiles for a few hours.
Another meeting of the council was held and it was decided that a siren would be installed above the village temple.
The decision was not easy to implement. As the siren went off, council staff and groups of villagers had to go around, urging people to switch off their TVs and mobile phones.
"[Now], the decision has finally been implemented fully across the village," Mr Mohite says.
But, does briefly switching off your TV and phone help?
It can, says Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma, professor of clinical psychology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans).
"Covid has increased preference for online activities or time spent on online activities," he says.
Source: BBC
