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	<title>Pahalgam - Travel and local guide to Pahalgam, Kashmir &#187; River Rafting</title>
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		<title>River Rafting in Pahalgam &#8211; 2010 Status Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the story on this topic from previous years and the issues involved, see here.
Rafting started in Pahalgam from April 1 onwards. There are 12 companies or agencies providing the service &#8211; so the visits should see some healthy competition working in their favor.
For the ride in the meandering waters, the starting point is Yaner, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Efforts on to promote winter sports, adventure tourism in Pahalgam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Agency of Kashmir 8/27/2009 5:33:41 PM
Srinagar, Aug 27(NAK): Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, Nasir Aslam Wani replying to question of Altaf Ahmed Wani in Legislative Council said that the Department is putting its best efforts for promotion of winter sports and adventure tourism in Pahalgam. Various activities and festivals are being organized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 National Rafting Championship at Pahalgam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Srinagar (PTI): The hill resort of Pahalgam in South Kashmir will host National Rafting Championship next month, state Tourism and Cultural Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora said on Sunday.
The championship will be held in the third week of June at Pahalgam, 100 kms from here.
He said the state government was exploring the possibility of tapping Pahalgam&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wake up call &#8211; River Rafting in Pahalgam turns a sour experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the authorities squabbling on permits and ecology, etc., the most important aspect of River Rafting in Lidder in Pahalgam - SAFETY has kind of taken a back seat. And it came out glaringly yesterday when a group of tourists could not maintain control of their raft, and while many got injured, one of the rourists actually succumbed to her injuries (see the detailed news item below).
A very expensive lesson learnt? Well, if its even a lesson learnt. Hopefully PDA/Tourism Department would streamline how they select travel agencies and more importantly their personnel. Even more important is designation of certain streches of river from Type 1 to 6 depending upon the difficulty level. Tourists can then cautiously choose where they want to raft, as well as sign on a non-liability paper (which is a norm through out the world).
This incident is a setback, but hopefully it will not reverse the trend and people will continue to enthusiastically enjoy the thrill of rafting in Pahalgam waters. And hats off to the local good samaritans who saved seven of the group in this incident. 

Noteworthy is that this is the first casualty since the rafting was introduced in Lidder during the past three years.]]></description>
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		<title>River rafting in Pahalgam &#8211; status 2008 and the players involved</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 01:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sight seeing, pony-rides or do-nothing vacationing aside, what really can Pahalgam offer to visiting tourists? Come to think of it, Pahalgam has its own gold mine in the form of meandering river lidder, and miles and miles of it both from Aru and Chandanwari which offer a great, world class opportunity for river rafting. Thus far, it seems like the officials have failed to realize what they are sitting on. It has been left onto small time entrepreneurs to harness this opportunity. And like the story of rest of India, they are able to pull through, inspite of all the odds. But only till a point. Objections are now being raised from many quarters.
I am optimistic that its only a matter of time when the Pahalgam Development Authority, or Tourism Department or the Fisheries Department will put their act together and lay out a holistic plan which will benefit both the locals and the tousists, and put Pahalgam on the world map of premier river rafting destinations.]]></description>
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