Awan Patti (Patti Awanan) is a
valley
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in
Muzaffarabad district
The Muzaffarabad District () is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by t ...
,
Azad Kashmir
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Pakistan
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. It is located southeast of
Muzaffarabad city, on the right bank of the
Jhelum River
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and opposite of
Garhi Dupatta.
Sub villages in Awan Patti
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Khatpura
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Kholi an
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Kayian
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Bandi Siftu
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NAKAH
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Babela
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Qaid Abad
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Dhara 1
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Dhara 2
*Kals Syedan
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Dakhan
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Kaindlan
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Hadrian
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Nakkah
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Ratakha
*Sokar
*Rially
*Patti
*Bandi peer baksh
*sultan pur
*Haripur hazara
Education
There are numerous schools, including a Government Girls High School
and a similar school for boys.
Transport
Awan Patti is well connected by road with the rest of
Muzaffarabad. It has no direct train link but the nearest railway station is
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...
railway station. The proposed new
railway
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line from
Islamabad
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to
Muzaffarabad will pass through Khatpura Awan Patti on its way to
Srinagar
Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...
.
Garhi Dupatta station will be built in Khat Pura Awan Patti.
Timber mafia
Protected forest areas of Awan Patti are vulnerable to
illegal logging
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws. The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a p ...
by
timber mafia
Timber mafia refers to organized crime in the field of illegal logging in timber.
Bhutan
Bhutan, Bhutan's forests have been exploited by the “timber mafia” from neighboring Assam. The phenomenon has increased in the last decade.
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s that have coopted or intimidated forestry officials, local politicians, businesses and citizens. Clear-cutting is sometimes covered-up by officials who report fictitious forest fires. Many studies indicate large losses of forest cover to indiscriminate logging by the mafias, with over a hundred canals in the environs of Awan Patti being illegally transferred by the forest department directly to them. Besides the
environmental degradation
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, public financial losses can be substantial.
See also
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Garhi Dupatta
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Jhelum Valley
References
{{Muzaffarabad District
Populated places in Muzaffarabad District