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Pahalgami and his team at the HWO have filed hundreds of Right to Information Act RTI and Public Service Guarantee Act PSGA applications and 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, Integrated Child development project; GOI, and State Assembly Secretariat, among others.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Jul/15/eight-years-on-reconstruction-of-pahalgam-club-nowhere-in-sight-33.asp |title=Eight years on reconstruction of Pahalgam Club nowhere in sight Lastupdate:- Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:30:00 GMT |publisher=Greaterkashmir.com |date=2013-07-15 |accessdate=2015-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earlytimes.in/mobiledet.aspx?q=129397 |title=PDA demolition notices to Movera hotel owners raises brows - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir |publisher=Earlytimes.in |date= |accessdate=2015-03-02}}</ref> | Pahalgami and his team at the HWO have filed hundreds of Right to Information Act RTI and Public Service Guarantee Act PSGA applications and 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, Integrated Child development project; GOI, and State Assembly Secretariat, among others.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Jul/15/eight-years-on-reconstruction-of-pahalgam-club-nowhere-in-sight-33.asp |title=Eight years on reconstruction of Pahalgam Club nowhere in sight Lastupdate:- Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:30:00 GMT |publisher=Greaterkashmir.com |date=2013-07-15 |accessdate=2015-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earlytimes.in/mobiledet.aspx?q=129397 |title=PDA demolition notices to Movera hotel owners raises brows - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir |publisher=Earlytimes.in |date= |accessdate=2015-03-02}}</ref> | ||
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kashmirexcelsior.com/activist-allege-government-departments-for-not-obeying-rti-act// |title=Activist Allege Government Departments for not Obeying RTI Act |publisher=Kashmir Excelsior |date=2015-03-04 |accessdate=2015-03-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive. | 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kashmirexcelsior.com/activist-allege-government-departments-for-not-obeying-rti-act// |title=Activist Allege Government Departments for not Obeying RTI Act |publisher=Kashmir Excelsior |date=2015-03-04 |accessdate=2015-03-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150305063731/http://kashmirexcelsior.com/activist-allege-government-departments-for-not-obeying-rti-act// |archivedate=2015-03-05 }}</ref> His persistent efforts in questioning the state-machinery's inefficacy has given much-needed impetus to the state's anti-corruption movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kashmirexcelsior.com/municipal-machinery-in-the-state-is-in-a-state-of-shambles/ |title=Municipal machinery in the state is in a state of Shambles |publisher=Kashmir Excelsior |date=2015-02-03 |accessdate=2015-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preciouskashmir.com/of-incumbents-and-incumbency/ |title=Of Incumbents and Incumbency |publisher=Precious Kashmir |date=2014-10-29 |accessdate=2015-03-02}}</ref> | ||
Pahalgami has been pursuing the welfare of his local environment in his capacities and has been vocal about the encroachment of forests by hotels & resorts and the rising pressure on wildlife, sometimes bearing physical assault for his intentions,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/living-planet-protecting-forests-in-kashmir/av-55201660 |title=Living Planet: Protecting forests in Kashmir |publisher=DW News |date=2020-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102140353/https://www.dw.com/en/living-planet-protecting-forests-in-kashmir/av-55201660 |accessdate=2020-11-05|archive-date=2 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/119700/working-in-shadow-of-violence-and-climate-change |title=Working in shadow of violence and climate change |publisher=NEWAGE |date=2020-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102142411/https://www.newagebd.net/article/119700/working-in-shadow-of-violence-and-climate-change |accessdate=2020-11-05|archive-date=2 November 2020 }}</ref> yet organising clean-up treks against the use of plastic in his village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.qantara.de/content/environmental-protection-in-kashmir-working-in-the-shadow-of-violence-and-climate-change |title=Working in the shadow of violence and climate change |publisher=Qantara.de |date=2020-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102143624/https://en.qantara.de/content/environmental-protection-in-kashmir-working-in-the-shadow-of-violence-and-climate-change |accessdate=2020-11-05|archive-date=2 November 2020 }}</ref> He has been pro-active in guiding the public attention towards a sustainable maintenance of the tourist spots in the area, and has raised the issues pertaining to the upkeep of tourists sites, like the inconvenience caused by the defunct street lights to tourists in night hours,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thekashmirpress.com/2019/07/29/for-over-2-years-street-lights-in-pahalgam-remain-defunct-locals-fume/#aoh=16043266496321 |title=For over 2 years street lights in Pahalgam remain defunct, locals fume | Pahalgami has been pursuing the welfare of his local environment in his capacities and has been vocal about the encroachment of forests by hotels & resorts and the rising pressure on wildlife, sometimes bearing physical assault for his intentions,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/living-planet-protecting-forests-in-kashmir/av-55201660 |title=Living Planet: Protecting forests in Kashmir |publisher=DW News |date=2020-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102140353/https://www.dw.com/en/living-planet-protecting-forests-in-kashmir/av-55201660 |accessdate=2020-11-05|archive-date=2 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/119700/working-in-shadow-of-violence-and-climate-change |title=Working in shadow of violence and climate change |publisher=NEWAGE |date=2020-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102142411/https://www.newagebd.net/article/119700/working-in-shadow-of-violence-and-climate-change |accessdate=2020-11-05|archive-date=2 November 2020 }}</ref> yet organising clean-up treks against the use of plastic in his village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.qantara.de/content/environmental-protection-in-kashmir-working-in-the-shadow-of-violence-and-climate-change |title=Working in the shadow of violence and climate change |publisher=Qantara.de |date=2020-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102143624/https://en.qantara.de/content/environmental-protection-in-kashmir-working-in-the-shadow-of-violence-and-climate-change |accessdate=2020-11-05|archive-date=2 November 2020 }}</ref> He has been pro-active in guiding the public attention towards a sustainable maintenance of the tourist spots in the area, and has raised the issues pertaining to the upkeep of tourists sites, like the inconvenience caused by the defunct street lights to tourists in night hours,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thekashmirpress.com/2019/07/29/for-over-2-years-street-lights-in-pahalgam-remain-defunct-locals-fume/#aoh=16043266496321 |title=For over 2 years street lights in Pahalgam remain defunct, locals fume | ||