Awan Patti Urdu: اعوان پٹی (Patti Awanan) is a valley in Muzaffarabad district, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Muzaffarabad city, on the right bank of the Jhelum River and opposite of Garhi Dupatta.[1]
Awan Patti (Patti Awanan)
اعوان پٹی | |
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Town | |
  Awan Patti (Patti Awanan) | |
| Coordinates: 34°15′N 73°40′E / 34.25°N 73.66°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Autonomous territory | Azad Kashmir |
| District | Muzaffarabad |
| Population (2018 Estimated) | |
| • Total | 15,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Native | Hindko |
| Time zone | PST |
Sub villages in Awan Patti
editEducation
editThere are numerous schools, including a Government Girls High School[4]
and a similar school for boys.[5]
Transport
editAwan Patti is well connected by road with the rest of Muzaffarabad.[6] It has no direct train link but the nearest railway station is Rawalpindi railway station. The proposed new railway line from Islamabad to Muzaffarabad will pass through Khatpura Awan Patti on its way to Srinagar. Garhi Dupatta station will be built in Khat Pura Awan Patti.[citation needed]
Timber mafia
editProtected forest areas of Awan Patti are vulnerable to illegal logging by timber mafias 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, public financial losses can be substantial.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jhelum Valley". Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- ^ schoolinglog.com. "Government Girls Primary School KAYIAN AWAN PATTI, Haitian".
- ^ "عکس Doda Forest Azad Kashmir پاکستان".
- ^ schoolinglog.com. "Government Girls High School AWAN PATTI, Muzaffarabad".
- ^ "Govt.Boys High School, Awan Patti, Muzaffarabad".
- ^ "PR to launch Kashmir Railway to attract tourists | the Frontier Post". Archived from the original on 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ^ "It's time to get serious about climate change – The Express Tribune". 1 November 2014.