India: Rural village tackles online addiction with daily detox | ITV News

While many people around the world complain they use the internet too much, one rural village in India has taken matters into its own hands - by going offline for 90 minutes a day.
A siren goes off at 7pm everyday in the small village of Mohite Vadgaon situated in the Sangli district of West India, signalling to the population of 3,000 farmers and sugar mill workers to switch off their phones, internet and TVs.
The idea came about after Covid-19 when village parents and elders noticed their children had become much more addicted to their screens.
"Everyone was using TV and mobile more. Schools were closed. Even after the start of school, most of the children were engaged in TV and mobiles. Most of the children had lost their interest in studies," Vijay Mohite, the village president, told ITV News.
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