September 29,2017: As the braid chopping incidents have spread across Kashmir and intensified in southern parts of Kashmir, Mushtaq Pahalgami expressed severe discontent over the government's inability to catch hold of the miscreants. Given the panic that has gripped people esp. young girls, Pahalgami also urged the govt to take strictest possible action in the matter.
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Pahalgam's beautiful hospital without full-fledged faculties.
September 28,2017: Pahalgam government hospital has deployment of doctors and is in media gaze only during the yatra period but there hasn't been a single lady doctor in the hospital since the last one year . Pahalgam and its surroundings has a population of over 30,000 who are being made to face immense hardship due to this. This clearly shows the health department 's intent. People want permanent posting of doctors esp lady doctor in the hospital but while doctors and other staff pay bribes to get a summer posting they pay bribes to get a posting away from Pahalgam as there is no scope for making money in winters. If the health department continues to have this attitude they should instead shut this shop up and put a lock on the hospital.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Kashmir fruit fields is anywhere you want to go...love my kashmir love my fertile soil!
September 24,2017: The cool and eco friendly climate of Kashmir is suitable for fruits like strawberries, apples, pears, cherries, plums, grapes, mulberries, peaches, apricots, walnuts and almonds, which require moderate rainfall and bright sunshine.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 24,2017: Those who say they'll wage a war for hundred or thousand years must not forget that no war has ever solved a political issue and India and Pakistan both the countries should instead sit down together with Kashmir and resolve the issue through dialogue so that kashmiri people's suffering wll be end . The western world, also wants India and Pakistan to keep fighting so that they can happily sell arms, run their shops and control the region.
Those who want to wage a war should not forget the immense poverty, inequality and under development the nation is facing and should stop fooling the nation by taking everybody's attention away from these issues by talking about war Kashmir has been facing the consequences of this politics of hate and constructed mistrust more than anybody elase and wants a final and peaceful solution to the issue so that we can also lead normal lives and live in peace and dignity.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 24,2017 We Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO team accompanied with members of Nunwanan Welfare Committee (NWC)Went to half dozen houses in my native village Nunwanan Ganieshbal Pahalgam where weddings are due in the October,November and we requested them to limit wedding expenses to a minimum. They accepted our submission and said this is a good initiative given the unnecessary pressure that is caused to the families of girls who are not financially sound. We also urge and appeal to all to help curb this bidat and strive to make a healthy and happy society. We had said we'll start a ground campaign to curb the menance of extravagent weddings and with the will of the almighty we have started off the process this wedding season itself.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 25,2017: We urge all our friends,Members ,Supporters and office bearers of the Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO, to engage with their local communities and ensure that extravagent marriage ceremonies are discouraged and dowry is discouraged as a social custom. The drive against dowry can only be successful if each one of us participate in it and support it by boycotting the biddat and discouraging everybody else too.
Given that dowry is the biggest social evil, we should all boycott any family which gives or takes dowry.....
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 23,2017: Eating natural foods like fruits and vegetables can help you to loose weight quickly and support our body with good immunity power. We should avoid eating junk foods to keep our body safe and toxic free. Some fruits and vegetables contain anti-oxidants, which help to improve our body's cell growth. Natural foods also contain high amounts of vitamins and proteins which provide natural energy and power.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 23,2017: Eat natural food to save your life, Avoid Junk Foods!
Prolonged consumption of junk food causes several diseases like obesity, high blood pressure, heart failure, malfunctioning of liver, increase in the cholesterol levels of blood, eye problems leading to blindness, diabetes, respiratory diseases, different types of cancer, and several other metabolic disorders.
Mushtaq Pahalgami
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 23,2017: Went to Hillway Public School Aishmuqam Pahalgam today, and requested the administration to ban all junk food. Grateful that the administration agreed and passed an order to ban all junk food consumption in school. We also request all other schools to do the same considering the harm and threat junk food causes for chidren's health, including the risk of malnourishment, excess weight-gain and obesity.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 23,2017:If polythene or garbage is burnt in open air Hydrogen cyanide which is carcinogenic (cancer causing) is released.
Hydrogen cyanide causes environmental pollution and health hazards!
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Polythene bags a health hazard, Health polythene and food!
September 21,2017: When cooking foods like Wazwan, Chicken , rice,meat even tea, people tend to use polythene bags to wrap and cover the food, however, this is unhealthy.
This is because polythene has chemicals that can be transferred to food as it cooks.
According medical. practitioners ,experts, when food comes in contact with a material that is not inert, chances are that chemical will be transferred to the food, hence contamination.
They says the bi products do not have an immediate effect, but rather can cause a running stomach.
The polythene bi products are hard for the body to digest and expose the person to consequences like different cancers.
They explains that when a foreign element enters the body, the mechanism reacts by sending cells to fight the foreign body, however when the body cells are over powered different cancers like abdominal or kidney are likely to occur.
Apart from the cancers caused by chemicals in polythene bags, some chemicals like chloride when heated, tend to smell and make the food have a chemical scent in it hence making it less tasty as well as making it lose the important nutrients.
There is a safe and better option that is use of other bags or leaves instead of polythene .
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 19,2017: People are spending exorbitant sums of money on weddings in Kashmir these days. As a result those girls whose parents can't afford this kind of expenditure, are having a tough time finding a groom and some even committ suicide because of dowry....harassment. Maulvies, Imams and other religious people should proactively denounce and discourage the practice as it is biddat and is un-islamic. The civil society should also take up the matter and we, at the Himalayan Welfare Organization, will go from door to door urging people to take a stand against it. We need everybody's suppprt in this and hope that all of you will cooperate inshallah in this noble cause.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 18 2017: Municipal Corporations, committees and councils all over the state, be it Pahalgam, Aishmuqam, Seerhamdan or Mattan,Ananthnag...... are regularly dumping untreated garbage near water bodies or sensitive zones . This rivulet merges with the Lidder River and other bodies ahead and the same water is then consumed by thousands of people living downstream.
That some owners of private hotels situated outside municipal limits also dump garbage at the sites like sarbal, aishmuqam secretively, severely affecting hundreds of residential settlements around the dumping site. Clearly this is to pocket the money they get to treat the garbage as part of routine expenditure obviously at huge environmental costs. A.state-wide campaign needs to be launched to check this practise and a firm and directioned course of action needs to be immediately devised. Higher authorities need to conduct internal enquiries and hold liable the guilty while FIRs should also simultaneously be launched against those responsible for contamination of water bodies and for putting public safety and health of local residents at risk making tthem vulnerable to a host of water borne diseases including diseases Hepatitis A, E.
Mushtaq Pahalgami
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 19,2017: The point is, floods are not new to the kashmir valley and with the kind of drainage the region enjoys, flooding esp. in the valley areas is always a very real possibility. The question is, why haven't we learned any lessons from the past and prepared ourselves for such situtations? The state unit of the disater management is poorly equipped to say the least and the staff are hardly trained even by basic standards. The questions to be asked are, why is there no effective disater management training for the SDMA staff or no water-sports training for the lakhs of police personal deployed in the valley and other relevant organizations? What about absconding state government officials who went missing from duty just when they were needed the most in esp? Will they be tried under provisions of the Essential Services Mainance Act (ESMA) eventually, It needs to be noted that while it may seem pre-mature to ask these questions at this juncture, the answers to these very questions may hold the key to future containment of damage and efficient handling of such situtations. Even in Srinagar where flood warning was issued at the eleventh hour in 2014 floods , people did not know where to go if they evacuated their houses. There were no relief camps, no arrangements for food supply, no medicines.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 18,2017: Some people cut healthy branches of green trees and use them on their lands as fence. Women used to garher firewood from forests earlier which they don't do now .. but this new practise is dangerous and when green branches are cut, the trees also dry up eventually. Forests department pahalgam . should take a strict note of this environmentally damaging practise and people should refrain from such practices.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 18,2017: The entire education department esp zone Aishmuqam and Srigufwara should take a lesson from MS Ganesishbal, MS Jumoo, High School Aru and MS Mamal .. and see how one can keep their surroundings clean. I salute the efforts of these schools and urge and appeal to all schools to do the same to ensure a green environment.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 17,2017: It is written on school boards that keep your surroundings clean, but outside the Government High School Batkoot Pahalgam and Government High School Amad Aishmuqam one can see heaps of garbage and polythene garbage. We urge the school administration to practice what they preach and also urge the Chief Education Officer CEO, Ghulam Rasool Shah Shb and Zonal Education Officer ZEO Aishmuqam Ghulam Mohi Ud Din Shah to urgently issue an advisory to schools to ensure actual sanitation, hygiene and cleanliness of their premises and surroundings, not just textbook prescriptions.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 17,2017: Saw today that most hotels near the Pine Cliff resort are dumping their plastic waste and polythene garbage in the jungle nearby, as can be seen in the pictures. We demand that the Municipal Committee Pahalgam MCP gets the area cleaned and cleared tomorrow itself and imposes a strict and severe fine on these hoteliers, even have their premises sealed for the immense environmental damage they are doing.
Matter Treat Very Urgent!
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 17,2017: Mahmood Ahmad Shah Shb director tourism kashmir , the role you've played in getting tourists to kashmir in these circumstances is remarkable. Especially the efforts you've made on social media to promote tourism in Kashmir, We salute your spirit and dedication. We are in your support whenever you need. May Allah bless you!
Mushtaq Pahalgami
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
https://www.facebook.com/JKTourismOfficial/videos/1560710757339317/
September 17,2017:According to the date available with Pollution Control Board around three to four polythene bags are used by each house hold in valley daily. Environmental experts said that if the pace at which the polythene is consumed continues, it could be a serious threat to the environment and its water bodies.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
What is Solid Waste ?
September 16,2017: Each household generates garbage or waste day in and day out. Items that we no longer need or do not have any further use for fall in the category of waste, and we tend to throw them away. These items are called Solid Waste. At the household-level proper segregation of waste has to be done and it should be ensured that all organic matter is kept aside for composting...
Categories of Solid Waste
Organic waste kitchen waste, vegetables,flowers, leaves, fruits.
Toxic waste old medicines, paints, chemicals, bulbs, spray cans, fertilizer and pesticide containers, batteries, shoe polish. Recyclable paper, glass, metals, plastics.
Soiled hospital waste such as cloth soiled with blood and other body fluids
Types of solid waste
Solid waste can be classified into different types depending on their source:
Municipal solid waste (Household Waste)
Municipal solid waste consists of household waste, construction and demolition debris, sanitation residue, and waste from streets. This garbage is generated mainly from residential and commercial complexes. In 1947 cities and towns in India generated an estimated 6 million tonnes of solid waste, in 1997 it was about 48 million tonnes. More than 25% of the municipal solid waste is not collected at all.
Hazardous wastes (Industrial and hospital waste)
Industrial and hospital waste is considered hazardous as they may contain toxic substances. India generates around 7 million tonnes of hazardous wastes every year, most of which is concentrated in four states: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. Household wastes that can be categorized as hazardous waste include old batteries, shoe polish, paint tins, old medicines, and medicine bottles.
Hospital waste (Bio medical waste )
Hospital waste is generated during the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals or in research activities in these fields or in the production or testing of biological. This waste is highly infectious and can be a serious threat to human health if not managed in a scientific and discriminate manner.
Health impacts of solid waste
Exposure to hazardous waste can affect human health, children being more vulnerable to these pollutants. Many studies have been carried out in various parts of the world to establish a connection between health and hazardous waste.
Waste from agriculture and industries can also cause serious health risks. Waste dumped near a water source also causes contamination of the water body or the ground water source.
Disposal of hospital and other medical waste requires special attention since this can create major health hazards.
Waste treatment and disposal sites can also create health hazards for the neighborhood. Improperly operated incineration plants cause air pollution and improperly managed and designed landfills attract all types of insects and rodents that spread disease
Recycling too carries health risks if proper precautions are not taken.
Direct handling of solid waste can result in various types of infectious and chronic diseases with the waste workers and the rag pickers being the most vulnerable.
Preventive measures At the household-level proper segregation of waste has to be done and it should be ensured that all organic matter is kept aside for composting, which is undoubtedly the best method for the correct disposal of this segment of the waste.
What you can do to reduce solid waste ?
Carry your own cloth or jute bag when you go shopping.
Say no to all plastic bags as far as possible.
Reduce the use of paper bags also.
Reuse the soft drinks poly bottles for storing water.
Segregate the waste in the house -keep two garbage bins and see to it that the biodegradable and the non biodegradable is put into separate bins and dispose off separately.
Dig a compost pit in your garden and put all the biodegradable into it.
See to it that all garbage is thrown into the municipal bin as the collection is generally done from there.
When you go out do not throw paper and other wrappings or even leftover food here and there, make sure that it is put in the correct place, that is into a dustbin
As far as possible try to sell all the recyclable items that are not required to the Kabariwala (person who trades in waste)
Courtesy:ASHE Institute
Shared in public interest by Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 15, 2017: We should change our habit, and replace the daily polythene bag with a jute or cloth hand bag.
Polythene is a very important issue in Environmental contamination debates. It is now used in every sector, but there are a lot of problems created by polythene use, including, infertility of soil, Pond, Canal, River water pollution. Polythene use also causes cancer, in both humans, who store and consume eatables kept in polythene and in animals like the cow, dogs etc who swallow polythene bags.accidentally while.feeding on.garbage. Polythene.has the most terrible effect in our daily life, as its viciousness knows no bounds and even he drainage system has now entirely collapsed due to polythene use.
It is now incumbent that we take care of the matter and follow some rules in our daily matters. Avoid the use of polythene, do not throw polythene in drains etc., to avoid polythene use jute, cloth and paper bags. We are in the habit of using polythene bags but change will come only when we make a conscious effort to change this habit, which is why we have published the ill-effects of polythene use. Please read, try to follow and circulate.
USE JUTE BAG, CLEAN YOUR ENVIRONMENT. TAKE YOUR DECISION NOW, DO AWAY WITH POLYTHENE AND.CHOOSE A HAPPY FUTURE!
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Reduce your carbon footprints:
September 15,2017: Carbon Footprint The total sets of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event, product or person.
Go for energy efficient appliances and limit the usage of air conditioners, water heaters, dishwashers or thermostats. keep your carbon footprints in check and control the greenhouse effect..
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 14,2017: The water in Lidder receeding and turning white before time is a clear indication of glacier melting esp kolhai glacier . This will inevitabily lead to a severe water crisis in the times to come, and the state and local society must take the matter seriously. Unless we understand the gravity of the situation and decidedly do something about it, we are in for hard times ahead. The water in river lidder used to clear and pristine around this time of the year but some big hotels in the region who discharge sewage water in Lidder River are causing irreparable damage to the river and its fragile aquatic ecosystem . It's time we think about it and compell others to question these people before its too late.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Pahalgam September 14 ,2017: We have partly succeeded partly in attaining a certain level of Urban Sanitation but rural sanitation is still lacking and is in shambles in most parts. Rural sanitation needs to be ensured with a sense of urgency, particularly around schools where littering and garbage dumping is commonly seen, putting the health and hygiene of our children at risk. I appeal to the teachers' forum Srigufwara and Aishmuqam support us in this regard we have plan to take the matter up and hope both the teachers forum will extend full support to us in spreading awareness about sanitation in schools.
We believe students in school can really take the message to their homes and to the future, as is the need of the day.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Please try to use public transport instead of own vehicles to reduce pollution and global warming....
September 14,2017: Check Air Pollution: Burning thrash may seem like an easy and attractive option but by burning thrash we release a lot of toxins to the environment and pollute the air. Likewise we burn a lot of fuel in our vehicle and sometimes not have it properly serviced which causes even more air pollution. Try to use public transport or car pooling and reduce Air pollution,
A develop country is not a place where poor man has his own car but where a rich man elite class use public transportation for the betterment of society environment conservation and reduce pollution!!!
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 14,2017: Check Air Pollution: Burning thrash may seem like an easy and attractive option but by burning thrash we release a lot of toxins to the environment and pollute the air. Likewise we burn a lot of fuel in our vehicle and sometimes not have it properly serviced which causes even more air pollution. Try to use public transport or car pooling and reduce Air pollution,,,,
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO REDUCE SOLID WASTE
September 13,2017: Carry your own cloth or jute bag when you go shopping.
Say no to all plastic bags as far as possible.
Reduce the use of paper bags also.
Refuse the soft drinks poly bottles for storing water.
Segregate the waste in the house – keep two garbage bins and see to it that the biodegradable and the non biodegradable is put into separate bins and dispose off separately.
Dig a compost pit in your garden vicinity and put all the bio degradable into it.
See to it that all garbage is thrown into the municipal bin as the collection is generally done from there.
When you go out do not throw paper and other wrappings or even leftover food here and there, make sure that it is put in the correct place that is into a dustbin.
Not to throw the waste litter on the streets, drains, open spaces, water bodiesetc.,
Storage of organic/bio degradable and recyclable waste separately at source Community storage collection of waste in flats, multi-storied buildings, societies, commercial complexes, etc.
Waste processing disposal at a community level (optional).
Pay adequately for the services provided.
Public education.
Shared in Public Interest by Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO .
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Re-Use and Re-cycle:Save Environment Save The Future!
Pahalgam September 14,2017: Reuse and recycle are those two magic mantra in creating cleaner surroundings. If there is something that you don’t need anymore; find another way of using it, if not then find someone who might need it; if it’s broken then try to fix it before disposing. Think before you dispose anything. This small habit of recycling and reusing should be encouraged.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Baisaran Pahalgam September 12,2017: Saw a world famous Baisaran today, which is operating caring by Pahalgam Development Authority PDA Pahalgam ... which has heaps of grass,garbage .... inside fencing even in the peak season. The CEO PDA Mushtaq Simnani Shb should take serious note of the lapse as this meadow lies nowhere. I hope this post will move and compell him to take action and he'll get the grass.....removed.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Tourist Taxi Stand Election Pahalgam.
Pahalgam September 11,2017: We congratulate All the office bearers elected to various positions today in tourist taxi stand no 02 at pahalgam. Members of the union have placed faith in you and we hope and wish you'll all work together for the betterment of the union, keeping the intrest of the very last man in mind. We are happy good young people who we supported have been elected Chairman Manzoor Ahmad Magrey , President Gulzar Ahmad Wani,Vise President Mohd Shafi Magrey,General Secretary Showkat Ahmad Wani, Secretary Shabir Ahmad Parray and got elected with a considerable support for one year .
Once again heartiest congratulations to all those who've won and good luck ahead.
Mushtaq Pahalgami
Water Care!
September 12,2017: Water is life and it’s availability per capita has been on the decline in Society . The main reasons have been the increasing population leading to the increasing demand for water. Agriculture is the main consumer of water along with many industries and life sources so harvesting rainwater... is one of the best ways everyone can make water available in their surroundings. Moreover, water reuse with water treatment and recycling of water is another good option to reduce its consumption.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Pahalgam September 10,2017: One day Tulain Lake trek organized by Himalayan Welfare Organization In collaboration with Directorate of Tourism Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir Mountaineering and Hiking Club JKMHC, with the aim and slogan of TREK FOR GREEN HIMALAYAS, TREK FOR GARBAGE RECOVERY!
The trekker-volunteers collected and brought back litter and garbage from the source lake and set an example in social trekking.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
MUSHTAQ PAHALGAMI AND TEACHERS FORUM LEADERS ZONE AISHMUQAM ADDRESSES TEACHERS' CIVIL SOCIETY MEET AT PAHALGAM
Pahalgam September 10,2017: Mushtaq Pahalgami, President, Himalayan Welfare Organization, and noted social activist,Mohd Ashraf Mir Shb Zone President Teachers forum Aishmuqam , Dr Zamir Ahmad Bhat Shb,Peer Shareef Ud Din Shb, Bilal Ahmad Sheikh Shb,Sabzar Ahmad Shb, Master Ashraf Shb and others addressed a teachers' meet at Pahalgam today, to felicitate the contribution of teachers to society and to address the problems they face as a working community.
Pahalgami and the Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO have been consistently working for the cause of promotion of education in the region and have been supporting a number of local schools and madrasas. Pahalgami has also involved school students in the welfare efforts and social campaigns of his organization consistently and is an advocate of the culture of civil society solidarity and activism. The teaching community, he believes can play a major role in shaping public opinions and has duty to inculcate a sense of social responsibility among the youth.
At the event Pahlgami said, in which a number of members of the local educational community and civil society participated.
It was also decided that a larger conference needs to be held and will be organised shortly, to discuss what role the teaching community can play in mobilization of the wider civil society.
Others present at the event included Manzoor Ahmad Magrey -HWO ,Mohd Jabar Magrey-HWO and others...
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
MUSHTAQ PAHALGAMI FLAGS OFF SECOND BATCH OF TREKERS
Pahalgam September 10,2017: Environmental activist, Mushtaq Pahalgami falgged off the second batch of trekkers bound for tulain lake via Chothal Valley, at 8am this morning. The trekking expedition is part of a series of treks organised By Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO in collaboration with directorate tourism kashmir and JKHMC, the Himalayan Welfare Organization, founded by Pahalgami in 2008, to inculcate environmental social responsibility and a sense of moral social duty among the youth.
The treks are what can be called 'green treks' or 'Social Treks', a new concept in trekking, leaving a minimal carbon footprint and have a low environmental impact. The trekkers are also made aware of the dangers of environmental pollution on the way, and are encouraged to collect and bring back litter and garbage from the ecologically sensitive trekking destinations.
Pahalgami and JKMHC senior members addressed the participants before flagging off the trek and emphasized the need for constructive and responsible tourism.
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
September 09,2017:Mushtaq Pahalgami expressed solidarity with the Rohingya Muslims of Burma and expressed agony over the fact that the Indian government is doing nothing to protect their interest, but is, on the contrary, ready to deport them back to hostility. This is in violation of the constitutional protection offered to foreigners on Indian soil, under article 21. Pahlgami also criticized world leaders and nations of the world for maintaining a discrete silence over the issue of mass massacare of Rohingya Muslims going on at the hands of Security forces in Mayanmar.
Pahalgami also urged and appealed to the world community to take immediate note of the matter, which is pressing and of urgent nature and has asked everybody to listen to the voice of their conscience and condemn and resist the ongoing violence.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Avoid polythene use, Save mother earth.
Pahalgam September 08,2017: Lets build a polythene free Kashmir.
The harmful effects of plastic on aquatic life are devastating, and accelerating. In addition to suffocation, ingestion, and other macro-particulate causes of death in larger birds, fish, and mammals including cows and buffalo. But We human beings think the use of poly bags is cheap, easy to carry and light weight and ignore the harmful effects of polythene.
We pledge and say no to Polythene.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Pahalgam September 08,2017: Stop littering and dispose garbage properly:
We have a very bad habit of disposing the thrash right where we are sitting or standing. Don’t do that. Don’t litter in your streets, your society, the woods, the water bodies, or your surroundings. Start with yourself by being a model example and encourage others to do the same. Throwing thrash at wrong places never goes away, ever. It will find it’s way to effect you so dispose it in dustbin only for your own good.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Amad Aishmuqam September 07,2017: Rural sanitation and garbage is biggest challenge for human health!
Saw huge Filth and heaps of garbage in the banks of Lidder river and water other nallah's @ Village Amad Aishmuqam today ...Why Rural development department and local civil society sleeping over the matter. 😔
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Arrest the killers of Gauri Lankesh
Pahalgam September 06,2017: HWO deeply anguished at the assassination of Gauri Lankesh, noted journalist and intrepid activist. We condemn in the strongest terms possible this act of cowardice by her killers who wish to spread fear and suppress dissent.
It is well-known that Gauri Lankesh had consistently opposed right-wing forces, despite the threats and court cases she had to face. As the editor of ‘Lankesh Patrike’, a Kannada weekly, she had continued to raise her voice against communalism and casteism.
We demand immediate arrest of those behind the assassination.
In solidarity,
Team -HWO
Pahalgam September 06,2017: Green House gases are the main factors of Global warming.
Industries,
Vehicles,
Untreated Solid Waste,
Cement factories,
Water pollution etc
Are the demon of modern world,
We are responsible increasing global warming dramatically for monetary gain but we all suffers for their violation.
Awake Awake human kinds to save the future generation,
Save Environment, Save The Future.
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
Pahalgam Master Plan Implemented today.
Srinagar September 05,2017: There was a time when the Pahalgam Master plan 2005-25 was being worked upon and all objections and suggestions to which were filled in by the then chief town-planner Mir Naseem and Town Planner Abdul Hamid along with their team, irrespective of whoever's names were shown in! No wonder, they helped their own kith and kin as much as they could and permission for construction was given to areas where these people had their lands esp in forest areas like Circuit road ganieshbal presently named pine clif resorts, Near Hotel Hill Park one CTP's brother doctor and chanhaji lush green forest area . However, when pahalgam peoples welfare organisation PPWO gathered the courage to file the public interest litigation PIL before Jammu and kashmir hon'ble high court in 2008, a case was also registered in August 2008 against these officers in vigilance organisation of kashnir VOK and last year itself, the then town-planner has been identified and declared dead wood and has been removed from the department for all his fraudulent practices.
It is true that the people of the region have undergone much suffering and have faced a difficult time due to the construction ban, but their patience has paid off and justice has finally been done, with a pro people judgement finally having being pronounced master plan 2014-2032 now implemented on ground and people got permission from BOCA as per this revised master plan, but no scope of any leniency or relaxation in green-area public/forest land use. Apart form this, the hon'ble court today has also directed the Pahalgam Development Authority PDA to undertake proper management of solid and waste and sewage treatment and has clearly ordered that source segregation of waste be adopted, as we have been demanding over the years.
This is not a small accomplishment and the fact that we have won with the support and patience of the people of Pahalgam, and that we have battle together for a long nine years is the greatest victory in itself. There was so much that we did not know when we started off and there's much more still that we have learnt over the years! We can only be grateful to the almighty that justice has finally been done and we must acknowledge that it's only truth that wins at last. I must also thank our friends and co litigants, Riyaz Ahmad Lone and Khala Peer and our counsel in the case, noted human rights activist and lawyer Parvez Imroz shb, for their sustained support and courage all along. Friends and newspapers in the media esp,Greater Kashmir, Kashmir Reader, Kashmir Times, Early Times etc also merit our gratitude for taking the issue to a wider audience and for making this fight for the rights of the people of Pahalgam, their own. All of us need to continue to stand together in the battle and take things to their logical last end till proper implementation is delivered, and I solicit everybody's support and cooperation in this.
Mushtaq Pahalgami
Do not curse nature :Introspect ourselves! Part 5
Pahalgam September 03,2017: So, we are not honest with the nature. We are damaging the nature, we are polluting our environment and in order to get more profit we are trying to prepare everything artificial. We think we can fool the nature but it is not true, we can make fraud with ourselves but not with the nature. Nature remains silent but it responds also silently. We work against nature, we fight against nature, but it is true we can never win against the nature. It is clear that our world is unstable; nature is unbalanced. We cry in winter, in summer, in draught and then in flood. In all these extreme climatic conditions, we find ourselves helpless and wait for nature to become normal. So we should be honest with the nature. Think not only for today; think for tomorrow also. Think not only for yourself; think for your next generation also.
There are forecasts for big disasters in future, but if this is the way to work continue against nature we can face any disaster any day. Nature is vast so it is absorbing all the disturbances, once it crosses the limit we will see our world collapsing. If nature damages us, none of the science or technology will be in position to save us. Till now nature is kind enough to the human being and now it's time to support the nature honestly, stop all activities against nature, stop cutting trees and forest, plant more and more trees, reduce garbage, save energy, say 'NO' to the plastic, live more disciplined life, be friendly to the environment, curb the pollution, read more and more literature in support of environment and work accordingly then our world may survive, otherwise nature will take over finally in its own style and it will be nothing but a playback of nature.
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
On this Joyous Occasion of Eid-ul-Azha
May Allah bless you all with happiness and grace your home with warmth and peace.❤️
EID MUBARAK
Mushtaq Pahalgami,
Himalayan Welfare Organization-HWO
