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	<title>Pahalgam - Travel and local guide to Pahalgam, Kashmir &#187; Hot issues</title>
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		<title>Amusement park to be shifted from Pahalgam?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a news item appearing in Greater Kashmir, it looks like the amusement park may be shifted from Pahalgam. While there could be a long list of reasons that why the park needs to there, to why it was put in the first place, most &#8220;amusing&#8221; are the reasons being cited for moving the park. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction of high-rise buildings in Pahalgam</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News organization ANI has recently reported a new controversy around construction of high rise buildings in Pahalgam. Classic case of pitting development against preservation of natural environments. A question which becomes out of ordinary in case of a hill resort like Pahalgam where natural environment is what all the play is about.
Here&#8217;s the news item:
Pahalgam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local issue &#8211; Golf or Grazing? Or just Politics?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prepare Pahalgam to lure tourist by way of a good Golf Course, or provide the same land so that cattle and horses can use it for grazing? This dilemma is rocking Pahalgam. Is it a really a valid local issue, or really just part of local politics? See the news coverage below, and contribute your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on polls in Pahalgam constituency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a comprehensive piece on current political situation in Pahalgam, vis-a-vis the upcoming Assembly Polls. Its by Mr. Khalid Gul and published in Greater Kashmir.
Pahalgam, Nov 19: In Pahalgam an interesting contest is in the offing. Two prominent former National Conference leaders, Muhammad Rafi Mir and Irfan Ahmad Bhat are in the fray against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amarnath pilgrims can stay in Pahalgam hotels</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 01:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Amarnath Yatra]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lodging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a decision of great significance to tourists and locals alike, the authorities agreed to let tourists and Amarnath Yatris stay in Pahalgam area hotels.]]></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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		<title>Hotel assosiation against construction in Nunwan, Pahalgam</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 07:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Amarnath Yatra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Himalayas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long duration of Amarnath Yatra is anyways creating tourism related disruptions in Pahalgam as many casual toursits shy away from the place during those weeks. Now come the sudden step of Amarnath Shrine Board constructing pre-fabricated huts at Nunwan, on the outskirts of Pahalgam. Long term this could start effecting the center of gravity of toursist economy of Pahalgam to outside of Pahalgam, towards Nunwan. While constructing lavatories could make sense if SASB persists with keeping Amarnath yatris out of Pahalgam in a secluded (and perhaps secure) Yatri Camp at Nunwan, the whole idea really needs to be abandoned so that people coming to Amarnath Yatra from all over the country can visit the hill station as normal tourists and enjoy the beauty of it. Of course with it would come the issues of ecological degradation of Pahalgam valley by activities of Yatris, but thats a different problem, and SASB or other wise men can surely arrive at solutions to it. Anyhow, this is a release from KHAROF, typically harsh in wordings, but nevertheless in the right direction. Its from the Gk News network.]]></description>
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