Mushtaq Pahalgami

Mushtaq Pahalgami
Born (1981-03-01) 1 March 1981
Pahalgam, J&K
Known for J&K, Right to Information, 2009 Right to Public Services legislation, J&K, PSGA, 2011 Environmentalism
Parent(s) Taja Begum and Mohammad Jabar Magray

Mushtaq Ahmad Magray 'Pahalgami' (born 1981, Pahalgam, District Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India), President, Himalayan Welfare Organization, Pahalgam is an award-winning[1] social activist[2][3] and Environmentalist[4][5][6][7][8] working for the cause of Education,[9][10] Public health[11] and Environmental Conservation[12][13][14][15][16][17] in Pahalgam, Kashmir.

Career

Mushtaq Pahalgami has worked closely with many other environmental and social activists in the region, including environment and human rights lawyer Parvez Imroz. Pahalgami is founder and president of the NGO Himalayan Welfare Organization, Pahalgam (HWO), committed to service in the areas of health care, environmental protection and conservation, tourism, education,[18] poverty reduction and alleviation[19] human rights, and preservation of the famous Kolahoi Glacier, Lidder and Sind Rivers.

Pahalgami also works with trade unions and social organizations like the Pahalgam Collation of Unions, Pahalgam Hotel/Guest House Owners Union, Pahalgam Travel and Tour Operators Union, Pahalgam Tent Union, and Pahalgam Peoples Welfare Organization.[20] He and his team at HWO are known in the region for organizing free medical camps,[21] educational conferences, environment preservation and awareness programmes, seminars and symposiums about the right to Information[22][23] public education and health care,[24] drug deaddiction, animal rights, sanitation and hygiene apart from ongoing flood relief operations after the recent floods in the valley.[21][23][25][26]

Pahalgami has campaigned for environmental conservation in the Himalayan region, particularly in and around Pahalgam, compelling exploitative forest, timber and land interests to retreat from most parts of the region through a long and sustained legal battle and RTI crusade against illegal occupation of forest land, hunting of wild animals, felling of trees and smuggling of timber.[27] HWO has also organised over 30 camps and information campaigns to promote and ensure conservation of the natural ecosystems of the Lidder and Sind rivers as well as the Kolhoi Glacier.

RTI and PSGA campaigns

Pahalgami and his team at the HWO have filed and fought more than 250 RTI and PSGA cases, particularly concerning land grabbing, illegal construction and illegal land-use in and around Pahalgam; ensuring implementation of the 2008 J&K High-court order staying all construction and repair in the region. This has resulted in positive interventions and more than two hundred notices served in various cases, to the Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Tourism, Department of Education, Department of Consumer Affairs, Department of Public Distribution, rural Development, Ministry of Environment, Forest Department, (Amarnath Yatra) Shrine Board, Integrated Child development project; GOI, and State Assembly Secretariat, among others.[28][29]

Mushtaq Pahalgami's sustained efforts at inculcating a culture of rational critique and inquiry among the youth, have also strengthened the citizens' movement in the region.[30] His persistent efforts in questioning the state-machinery's inefficacy has given much-needed impetus to the state's anti-corruption movement.[26][31][32]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tourism Ministry Honours Mushtaq Pahalgami". Greater Kashmir. 2015-03-14. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Sewage treatment plants in Pahalgam Lacking". www.knskashmir.com. 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  3. ↑ "Wildlife Week Celebrate With Great Enthusiasm In Pahalgam". www.presstrustofkashmir.com. 2017-10-05. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
  4. ↑ "Creating Awareness about Plastic Pollution: One Man`s Crusade to Save the Environment". kashmirpatriot.com. 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  5. ↑ "Paradise lost and well regained!". www.preciouskashmir.com. 2014-08-12. Archived from the original on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  6. ↑ "from leh to pahalgam awareness as the essential reform needed to ensure environmental conservation". 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  7. ↑ "Mustaq Pahalgami flags off second batch of trekers". www.knskashmir.com. 2017-09-10. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  8. ↑ "Mustaq Pahalgami flags off second batch of trekkers". kashmirreader.com. 2017-09-11. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
  9. ↑ "himalayan welfare organization donates books". 2016-06-25. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  10. ↑ "HWO donates books to students". www.knskashmir.in. 2016-06-25. Archived from the original on 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  11. ↑ "HWO Organized free medical Camp". 5 Dariya News. 2014-09-23. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  12. ↑ "Land Mafia (Mis)using 72-Yr-Old Order To Encroach Forest Land In Pahalgam". www.kashmirlife.net/. 2015-10-09. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  13. ↑ "Land mafia eyeing prized forestland in Pahalgam". www.earlytimes.in/. 2016-10-02. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  14. ↑ "Environmental activists demand action against all influential land grabbers". Kashmir Reader. 2016-02-16. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  15. ↑ "Seven months after cabinet approval, Pahalgam master plan unimplemented". Kashmir Reader. 2016-04-12. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  16. ↑ "PDA foils Ex MLA's land grab attempt in Pahalgam". 2015-12-02. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  17. ↑ "Trekking-Tourism Grows Significantly In Kashmir". presstrustofkashmir.com. 2017-08-31. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  18. ↑ "Pahalgam students forced to travel 50 kms [sic] for college". www.kashmirtimes.com/. 2017-10-30. Archived from the original on 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
  19. ↑ "Tackling the many Challlanges of Poverty". 5 Dariya News. 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  20. ↑ "Paradise lost, and well regained!". Precious Kashmir. 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  21. 1 2 "Full Story". 5 Dariya News. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  22. ↑ "RTI Happenings: J&K: KNS, HWO organizes seminar on RTI". Rtiindia.org. 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  23. 1 2 "Omar's free ration announcement irks homeless flood victims - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". Earlytimes.in. 2014-10-14. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  24. ↑ "Swine Flu Epidemic:Government Evading Responsibility". Kashmir Excelsior. 2015-02-27. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  25. ↑ "Kashmir Floods: Are we Asking the Right Questions?". Kashmir Reader. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  26. 1 2 "False Promises and Electoral Woes". 5dariyanews.com. 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  27. ↑ Pehalgami, Mushtaq (2015-01-29). "Government needs to have a strong forest replenishment policy". Kashmir Excelsior. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  28. ↑ "Eight years on reconstruction of Pahalgam Club nowhere in sight Lastupdate:- Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:30:00 GMT". Greaterkashmir.com. 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  29. ↑ "PDA demolition notices to Movera hotel owners raises brows - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir". Earlytimes.in. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  30. ↑ "Activist Allege Government Departments for not Obeying RTI Act". Kashmir Excelsior. 2015-03-04. Archived from the original on 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  31. ↑ "Municipal machinery in the state is in a state of Shambles". Kashmir Excelsior. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  32. ↑ "Of Incumbents and Incumbency". Precious Kashmir. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
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