Awan Patti ur, (Patti Awanan) is a

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...

in Muzaffarabad district, Azad Kashmir,

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. It is located southeast of

Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad (; ur, ) is the capital and largest city of Azad Kashmir, and the 60th largest in Pakistan. The city is located in Muzaffarabad District, near the confluence of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers. The district is bounded by the Pak ...

city, on the right bank of the

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and opposite of

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Sub villages in Awan Patti

* Khatpura * Kholi an *

Kayian Kayian Awan Patti ur, کائیاں is a small village situated in Awan Patti Awan Patti ur, (Patti Awanan) is a valley in Muzaffarabad district, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located southeast of Muzaffarabad city, on the right bank of the ...

* Bandi Siftu * NAKAH * Babela *

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*Kals Syedan * Dakhan * Kaindlan *

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* Nakkah *

Ratakha Artakha is a small village located in Awan Patti, Muzaffarabad district, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-mo ...

*Sokar *Rially *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

. It has no direct train link but the nearest railway station is

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

railway station. The proposed new

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line from

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will pass through Khatpura Awan Patti on its way to Srinagar.

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 pro ...

timber mafia Timber mafia refers to organized crime in the field of illegal logging in timber. Brazil Brazil has rampant illegal logging, with deforestation increasing in 2013. The mafia intimidate opponents, however they also have a veneer of legitimacy ...

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

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, public financial losses can be substantial.

References

{{Muzaffarabad District Populated places in Muzaffarabad District

Sub villages in Awan Patti

Education

Transport

Timber mafia

See also

References