ITANAGAR, Sep 25:Director Youth Affairs, DK Dinglow, inaugurated the first ever Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) mountain film festival at Conference hall of the Directorate today. During the festival, adventure films and two special shows on indigenously made documentary film on Team Arunachal Mt. Everest expedition 2011 and Mt. Gorichen Expedition 2013 will be screened.

The Mountain Film Festival – 2017 aims to encourage Adventure Tourism in the state and also encourage the youths to take up mountaineering and other adventure activities as profession.

In view of the state’s potential in adventure sports, the Department has already drafted a Youth Policy  and Mountaineering Act which has been submitted to the Government  for approval. The Department intends to involve youths for their overall development by sending them for various adventure courses in many different institutes in India to enable self –employment.             

The Director also appreciated IMF New Delhi and North East Adventure Foundation for arranging the film festival at Itanagar.

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