Daily Diary (DD) - Day 352 of 2022

1346hrs:

Day 196 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0756hrs

Attendance = 100%

Punctuality = 66%

130 days on time or early of 196

Punctuality surplus = 47 minutes 

Punctuality Consistency Status = 4 days

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Regularity is of the essence:

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We've had to unnecessarily endure a lot, despite being the most precious territory in the world:

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 188 of 2022

2110hrs:

Day 32 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal. 

0831hrs

I am getting slacker by the day....arriving later and later it seems....

Is it because we made some progress yesterday when a bin was delivered for the Square by the local municipality (Baldiya)? 

It wasn't quite what we asked for on the 14th of June but it is a start.

Our dreams now have some practical connectivity.

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Sadaqat Mughal was also released earlier today on bail, after 4 nights and 4 days in captivity. Congratulations to all those who mobilised for his release, at home and abroad. The Pakistani army's arms of direction are being fractured with every liberty they take with our people's conscience and their basic rights.

The earth is also contracting for the rotten system of governance and their agents in AJK.

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The State of Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas (JKA). The Allied areas are just as - if not more important - than the other components:

No narrative in the pre 1947 princely State of Jammu Kashmir & Allied area #JKA is to be neglected in 2022. https://t.co/oZ4Du7btsM

— Tanveer Ahmed (@sahaafi) July 7, 2022

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At the time of writing, we've been deprived of electricity for the past 6 hours in Dadyaal! Which lies in the AJK part of JKA.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 186 of 2022

2201hrs:

Day 30 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0808hrs

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So, there is now a growing perception that those who struggle for freedom or fundamental rights in AJK are being pushed against a wall. 

The gap of relative intolerance displayed by the occupying powers on either side of JKA is being rapidly narrowed, it is perceived.

There were many other arrests yesterday and have continued today throughout AJK, particularly in Rawalakot and Muzaffarabad. Activists of JKNAP, its student wing JKNSF and now UKPNP have been detained. Simultaneously, there has been a sharp increase in the volume of protests by the general public, particularly in reference to the shortage of electricity delivered throughout AJK. Some areas even report a pattern of 1 hour on and 3 hours off throughout the 24 hour cycle.

Here's just one example of arrests being made today in Muzaffarabad:

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Meanwhile, let's take you back to the British colonial age in India for a moment, via Gilgit Baltistan. We can borrow an Urdu phrase framed by the iconic activist Shafqat Inqalabi of Ghizer yesterday:

Translated thus:

Those cursed creatures who proclaim that they obtained freedom for the sake of cow's meat, what do they know that the English used them in the name of the cow to accomplish their motives.

End of translation....

I would suggest that our people are still a million years behind European colonial strategy. We need to catch up real fast or else we'll disappear as a political entity.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 182 of 2022

2108hrs:

Day 26 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0808hrs

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I did begin to sit down to write at 2020hrs but.......connectivity issues....

As it rained last night in healthy quantity, the electricity has predictably become more present than absent. 

I've hinted before that Pakistan has an unhealthy reliance on hydropower-ed electricity (particularly from our territory) and its selfish - coupled with myopic - strategy has created havoc with the environment - particularly in the last few years - such that the natural flow of water is not increasing enough in summer - despite the melting of glaciers - thus a reliance on rain to aid the water flow into these hydropower projects.

Rain deprives us of electricity when it comes - because of weak infrastructure - but once it recedes, the additional flow of water creates more power generation, leading to more electricity for us.

I will give you a widely quoted figure of roughly how much electricity is produced in AJK and how much we need:

 

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 180 of 2022

2303hrs:

Day 24 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0803hrs

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The heat is a stiff challenge. 

Now that we haven't seen rain for a few days, the electricity is playing up again and we are witnessing about 12 hours of load-shedding, just like we were before the few days of rain.

We are essentially suffering because of a greedy and myopic neighbour, who wants to use the hydro powered electricity of this territory (which is expensive to build but whose running costs are minimal) and what it produces in its own territory (Tarbela is its major source), to try and fulfill the electricity needs of its own country, while always trying to give us as least supply as it thinks we can tolerate.

If Pakistan were to try and supply electricity to everybody it would have to buy oil or gas based electricity, which it would have to use foreign currency to do so, which it doesn't have in sufficient supply. It has already borrowed way beyond its ability to repay, from the rest of the world.

Thus, despite Pakistan producing at least 10 times more than our own need for electricity - from our territory - it still strives to deprive us of our need, for over 12 hours a day.

When it rains, the immediate short term effect is that the electricity goes because the transmission infrastructure is weak. However, once the rain subsides there is more water to power the hydro power projects built in our territory. This increases the supply of electricity in the short term but only until the water levels recede.

This is the pattern we have witnessed over the past few weeks.

These large hydro projects, involved uprooting many people (our people, not the people of Pakistan) and they have had a disastrous effect on the environment too. Boring long tunnels to divert rivers is one such example. Given the natural altitude decline from our territory to the plains of India and Pakistan and given the abundant sources of water flowing down from here; many relatively smaller - run of the river - electricity generating projects could have been created.  

They would have been environmentally friendly and people wouldn't have been uprooted on the scale we have witnessed. 

However, our neighbour being greedy and myopic - as declared at the outset of today's weblog - has made us sacrifice ourselves for its behaviour. Mega projects enable mega corruption (not so easily possible on smaller projects) and so what if our people have to pay the price? A few religious anecdotes about big brother in Islam etc. is usually sufficient to appease our people, or what usually transpires is that our people also get corrupted to emulate their Pakistani brothers in Islam. 

The relatively strong exploit the weak. The Pakistanis exploit AJK and GB. The Pakistani sponsored power elites in our territory then exploit the weaker amongst us.

Our own resources are used to exploit and subjugate us.

This vicious cycle repeats itself from generation to generation.

Our motivation is to break this cycle and make our people productive enough to genuinely compete with the rest of the world, based on what should be our competitive advantages bestowed by nature upon us. 

To not be unproductive rent/commission seekers, a haven for black money and terrorism or a destination for bad loans.

AJK and the rest of JKA - including GB - would do well to stop emulating Pakistan. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 169 of 2022

0659hrs:

Day 13 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0803hrs

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Thankfully, we have achieved some respite over power outages since yesterday!

I can now begin concentrating on other immediate needs and concerns, all related to governance of course.

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We decided to monitor the electricity supply again today (for the 4th day in a row) when we recognised it dropping again!

1205hrs: Electricity goes

1416hrs: Electricity returns

1641hrs: It departs again

1701hrs: It returns again

1801hrs: It goes again

1901hrs: It returns 

2342hrs: It departs once again

0000hrs: Monitoring ends....

Total:

- Thus, in 12 hours of monitoring between (1200hrs to 0000hrs/midnight) we received 491 minutes of 720 minutes possible. 

- That is, 8 hours and 11 minutes received out of 12 hours. 

Percentage of electricity received today: 68.2% (0% low voltage)

Percentage of electricity received yesterday: 80.9% (0 low voltage)

Day Before Yesterday: 20.1% of which 4% was low voltage

Day Before The Day Before Yesterday: 51.7% of which 11.5% was low voltage

Thus, we can bring the current electricity monitoring process to a close for now. At least, until the next such crisis re-emerges. We can give a (mean) average to the last 4 days of monitoring thus: 55.3%

It can be safely assumed that when we are hit with such crises in AJK, we are unlikely to receive much more than 12 hours of electricity in 24 hours a day. This is an example from Dadyaal, the richest subdivision (tehsil) in AJK and amongst the most affected by the building of the Mangla Reservoir in the 1960s. The situation in other parts of AJK becomes much bleaker, the poorer that subdivision is. 

It should also be remembered that the territory of AJK produces more than 10 times its own need, in terms of hydro powered electricity. This is but one prime example of how and why we are occupied by our Muslim neighbours to the west viz. Pakistan.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 168 of 2022

0708hrs:

Day 12 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0757hrs

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As anticipated, our electricity supply is dwindling by the day....

By midnight this morning, it had been absent since 1934hrs yesterday evening (4 hours and 26 minutes).

As I tried to sleep regardless - at around midnight - I remembered the following before I woke at 0600hrs this morning.

0007hrs: The electricity flickered on for a split second before disappearing again (It has now been gone for 4 hours and 33 minutes at a stretch!)

0011hrs: It flickered for a split second once again.

I do vaguely recall the electricity coming at around 0200hrs (after more than 6 hours). I also remember it coming and going before I woke at 0600hrs.

0604hrs: Electricity returned

0610hrs: Electricity disappeared again.

0632hrs: It returned

0643hrs: It went again

It is now 0718hrs at the time of writing and we are without electricity. Of course this affects our whole way of life, not least the water supply which relies on being pumped in by an electric motor.

0745hrs: I left home and it hadn't returned yet.

1020hrs: I returned home after my 2 hour daily stint at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square and the electricity was running.

1101hrs: The electricity departs

1109hrs: It returns

1151hrs: It goes

1156hrs: It returns

1910hrs: It goes (this the longest period of electricity supply received in many a day! 7 hours and 14 minutes uninterrupted)

1913hrs: The electricity returns

1929hrs: It goes again

1938hrs: It returns

2103hrs: It goes

2200hrs: It returns

2353hrs: It leaves us once again.

At midnight, I had to close monitoring for the day, in order to obtain some much needed rest.

Overall, a marked improvement in electricity supply was noticed today. Here's the stats:

Total:

- Thus, in 15 hours and 25 minutes of monitoring between (0600hrs to 0745hrs) and (1020hrs to midnight) we received 748 minutes of 925 minutes possible. 

- That is, 12 hours and 28 minutes received out of 15 hours and 25 minutes. 

Percentage of electricity received today: 80.9% (0 low voltage)

Yesterday: 20.1% of which 4% was low voltage

Day Before Yesterday: 51.7% of which 11.5% was low voltage

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 167 of 2022

0735hrs:

Day 11 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0805hrs

Today, we were also able to hand over the application for a waste disposal bin (with a lid) back to the Municipality (Baldiya), to be placed in Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square. Yesterday, it was marked by the Assistant Commissioner (AC) for directions/suggestions (I went myself to get it marked) while a day before I had sent a co-citizen to the Municipality for implementation. 

They had advised him to get it marked from the AC. Of course, this is something they could have done themselves but such is the nature of bureaucracy in our territory. Of course, it is much similar if not even more tedious in India and Pakistan. 

Here's the application:

The application was addressed to the Administrator of the Municipality - a position which doesn't exist at the moment - and thus its duties are being performed by the Assistant Commissioner (AC), also described as the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

In countries or governance systems where the public and the government are in sync is where tremendous achievements take place. We've not had such luck in AJK since 1947 but there's a first time for everything.

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Continuing our monitoring of electricity supply in Dadyaal:

0001hrs: Electricity disappeared

Soon after I feel asleep and woke at 0600hrs to find that there was no electricity but it was raining thankfully. No doubt during the night it came and went a few times but I obviously was unable to monitor it.

0704hrs: It returned.

0711hrs: The electricity disappeared again.

As I leave home around 0745hrs and remain out in the field till 1000hrs I couldn't monitor the electricity during this period; not until I returned home at 1020hrs and found there to be no electricity.

1030hrs: It came but at a low voltage

1036hrs: The voltage normalises

1044hrs: Electricity disappears

1050hrs: It returned for just 3 seconds

1059hrs: Electricity returns

1130hrs: It leaves us again

1134hrs: It returns

1159hrs: It goes again

1259hrs: It came again

1303hrs: It went

1307hrs: Electricity returned

1314hrs: It left again

1323hrs: It returned

I then retired for my afternoon nap....at c. 1330hrs

I got up again at 1630hrs....in between no doubt it came and went a few times

1648hrs: It disappears again

1857hrs: It returned after more than 2 hours

1934hrs: It went again and didn't return until over 6 hours later the next morning.

A dark evening!

Total:

- Thus, in 12 hours and 25 minutes of monitoring between (0600hrs to 0745hrs), (1020hrs to 1330hrs) and (1630hrs to midnight) we received 150 minutes and 3 seconds of 745 minutes possible. 

- That is, 2 hours 30 minutes and 3 seconds received (of which 6 minutes were of low voltage) out of 12 hours and 25 minutes. 

Percentage of electricity received today: 20.1% of which 4% was low voltage. 

Yesterday: 51.7% of which 11.5% was low voltage

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 166 of 2022

0708hrs:

Day 10 at Maqbool Bhat Shaheed Square - Dadyaal.

0805hrs

We've initiated communication with the local administration today and suggested that they provide an appropriately modern and functional waste disposal bin. Here's the application:

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It is without a doubt that the governance system around us - AJK son of Pakistan son of Imperial Britain - is rapidly disintegrating. The electricity we are receiving in the highest revenue generating tehsil (subdivision) of AJK (namely Dadyaal) is dwindling by the day. It is now easily less than 12 hours a day and the voltage is also rapidly deteriorating. There is no longer sufficient current to run a fridge and the ceiling fan also turns at a speed barely enough to generate a superficial breeze.

Not a day passes when we see multiple examples of our forests being burned out. All other aspects of governance have a similar gory tale to tell.

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It was somewhat refreshing to read the following document:

Here's the comment that I made after reading it:

Thank you Jonathan. I found that quite insightful in some respects. I would just say among other important criteria for successful mediation in conflict resolution; the two that are most important in my opinion (and experience of over 17 years of uninterrupted on the ground action-oriented research in Jammu Kashmir & Allied areas) are genuine & representative inclusion of the affectees of conflict in any process and for that process to not be bound in time, it should be for the long haul, until resolution.

Meanwhile, I hope you are keeping well? We met quite a long time ago, one evening at a coffee shop in Islamabad, Pakistan.

End of comment....

The document above can be accessed on LinkedIn here.

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Today I'll provide you a real-time insight into our electricity woes in AJK and specifically in Dadyaal, as I sit literally sweating on my keyboard:

1500hrs: Electricity arrived

1532hrs: Electricity departed

1646hrs: Electricity arrived (albeit at a very low voltage, not enough to make the ceiling fan spin at any reasonable speed!)

1718hrs: The voltage perked up to its regular voltage!

1753hrs: Electricity departed once again

1922hrs: Arrived

2034hrs: Gone

2044hrs: Returns

2111hrs: Gone....and its raining

2132hrs: Returns as rain recedes

2144hrs: Gone again

2153hrs: Back again

2202hrs: Gone yet again

2300hrs: The electricity returns once again and remained until midnight.

Total:

- Thus, in 9 hours of monitoring between 1500hrs and midnight we received 279 minutes of 540 possible. 

- That is, 4 hours 39 minutes received (of which 32 minutes were of low voltage) out of 9 hours. 

- Barely half, which would average out to be around 12 hours out of 24.   

Percentage of electricity received: 51.7% of which 11.5% was low voltage. 

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Earlier in the evening in Dadyaal, there appeared to be the first real protest against the power shortages meted out to this territory, despite producing more than ten times its need. There was a protest a couple of weeks ago but that was mild and brief. This was fiery, reports tell me.

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Yes, the following is as absurd as it is true in the 'water kingdom' of Asia:

People yearning for drinking water in Nakyal AJK.#JusticeWithAJKpeople @HamidMirPAK @MughalAmiruddin @SardarTanveerIK @sahaafi @UsmanTariqUSK @WaqarBagga @TariqNaqash @HRCP87 @UN_HRC

Full Video:- https://t.co/x9TwNARLlv pic.twitter.com/QyyV2PGcHz

— Zaara (@zaara_kashmiri) June 15, 2022

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Meanwhile, I fired the following shot on Facebook, which I can't embed here - except as an image - but anyone can reach the link here. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 131 of 2022

1800hrs:

Break day 17 of district (Kotli) wide tour

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Electricity woes are intensifying by the day in the most profitable subdivision of AJK. A few minutes on followed by many more minutes off has been the order of the day today.

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 324 of 2021

1854hrs:

Very little power left.....load-shedding is in full swing...inertia receding though..

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 322 of 2021

1920hrs:

Sitting in darkness. Electricity is out. We haven't overcome this devil yet despite being a net exporter. Just one example of occupation. 

Daily Diary (DD) - Day 198 of 2020

1326hrs:

Using some downtime to combat the backlog between content generated in the field to what appears accessible and categorised (searchable by keyword) online. There is a big gap as indicated in earlier diaries but it has to be bridged nonetheless. I've set the current year as one dedicated to do just that.

Meanwhile, here's some footage of a protest in my home tehsil (subdivision) Sehnsa. It is just one of multiple examples of our land and resources being exploited by our Western neighbour, without our permission:

Note: Karot is the area on the Pakistani side of the border while Holaar (on our side of the border) is what is being utilised. The Pakistanis are building the powerhouse on their side while using our land and resources to power it. Thus, their (Pakistani) intent to use the name Karot for the dam as opposed to Holaar. Not least to obfuscate ownership credentials.

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We have almost completed our preparations for the following tour, announced a few days ago:



Here's the google map once again:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 363 of 2019

1325hrs:

Today, I finally decided to type in Urdu myself. This decision was made after going through various experiments with various co-citizens. This proved time consuming, exhausting and expensive where I still needed to pay as much attention as I would need to do the work myself.

I don't think my co-citizens fully understand the concept of research and its importance in delivering clarity in public affairs. 

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The activists of GB have always proved themselves to be more worldly-wise than us in AJK:

Why the state of Pakistan has not been deliberately providing electricity to natural Hydroelectric power station of Gilgit-Baltistan for years. pic.twitter.com/nKNX9mJq5v

— Hasnain Ramal حسنین رمل (@nisarhasnain2) December 29, 2019

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Many thanks to Ravinder Pandita Ji for promoting this clip, which covers the notion of an impending cross road where the national interests of India, Jammu Kashmir and Pakistan converge on the subject of religious heritage:

GOI cites it is Pakistan, who is not concurring the proposal, but the fact remains when I applied for LoC permit last Dec, it was rejected by J&K State CID, though entertained & cleared by RPO & SIB. Let us keep on pressing and create an awareness on both sides. Kudos to civil. https://t.co/pTQF6xdQvO

— Ravinder Pandita (@panditaAPMCC63) December 29, 2019

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 157 of 2019

2237hrs:

Towards the end of the second day of Eid, all those 'after Ramadhan' resolutions made during the holy month are beckoning.  

Meanwhile, if the following isn't potentially explosive - from an awareness and lobbying point of view - I don't know what is. 



Our diaspora throughout the relatively mature democracies of the world are an unparalleled force for sustainable peace and genuine democracy in AJK.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 136 of 2019

2204hrs:

Writing everyday is a heavy responsibility.....

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This video is thoroughly compelling and revealing of the Pakistani State's approach to governance:



Dr. Hassan Abbas's invigorating lecture can perhaps be summarised in one phrase:

"We are individually smart but collectively stupid", is how he describes Pakistani society.

To contextualise the above with respect to hydro-projects for electricity generation, the powers-that-be in Pakistan (and by forced extension AJK) make a lot of intelligent decisions in self-interest but have no sense or conscience of the collective consequences of their individual decisions.

There is little thought or intelligence mobilised for public interest in Pakistan. We suffer in AJK too because of the Pakistani State's expansionist designs.

In a land where solar power would be cheaper and provide an immediate return on investment, the Pakistani State is hell-bent on building dams to produce relatively expensive hydro-electricity projects, which have no guarantee of breaking even - let alone making a profit - with all their technical, financial, social and environmental costs borne by others. Thus, it is a means of corruption for the powers-that-be cloaked in national interest. 

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 125 of 2019

0059hrs:

I'm still trying to manage the euphoria of camping at the very spot where I was prevented from conducting a hunger strike for public interest on the 10th of April last year, namely Azaadi Chowk - Muzaffarabad.

This is my facebook entry from earlier this morning:

Just for those of you who can't read the text of the fb post, here it is:

A lot can change in less than a year. I was prevented from conducting a hunger strike at Azaadi Chowk on the 10th of April 2018. The 'Save Rivers - Save Muzaffarabad' Movement began its sit-in protest on the 25th of March this year. I didn't have to lift as much as a finger to realise my dream of citizen control of public space this time. The people of Muzaffarabad have exceeded my expectations.
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How the evening pans out in Azaadi Chowk, Muzaffarabad:

In deep discussion with the public

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Here are examples of what was written - in blood - at Azaadi Chowk in Muzaffarabad yesterday:



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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 124 of 2019

0433hrs:

Wild Berries from the Southern tip of Poonch at Chechan - "Aakhrey" in local parlance

I began preparing for my latest trip to Muzaffarabad on the 29th of April but I could not leave Dadyaal before 1500hrs (3pm) on (Thursday) the 2nd of May. It took a further 36 hours to arrive in Muzaffarabad, just over an hour ago at c. 0300hrs (3am). Its a long story which I'll try and tell in pictures:

Midday at Azad Pattan (yesterday)

Nightfall at Kokraal - Mong (yesterday)

I missed the Teetwaal March towards the LOC in Neelam on 'May Day', which I understand invoked - yet another - brutal response from the AJK police. Political activists have been severely injured and others arrested for protesting against the 'super-imposed' restrictions on freedom of movement in Jammu & Kashmir. Having spent so much time travelling and repairing our vehicle on multiple occasions, I am yet to fully acquaint myself with what happened.

I'm even more gutted for missing out on the following yesterday: 

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In due course, we will compare many aspects of governance in the Dogra era (c. 1820 to 1947) to what we've experienced post 1947. Perhaps most often quoted is the following agreement in 1904, made between the Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir and the British Indian Empire, which can be formally described as the 'Upper Jhelum Canal Water Agreement':

Source: 'Kashmir: Taareekh ke Ainey me (Urdu) by Professor M. Arif Khan - Page 67 

Let me translate the above:

Through the important articles (and clauses) of this agreement, the Maharajah managed to secure his legal and constitutional rights in totality. knowledge-able sources while referencing articles (and clauses) in the agreement describe it thus:

1) In the spirit of the 1904 agreement, Upper Jhelum Canal and the land secured for it will always remain the property of the 'Darbaar' (viz. The State of Jammu & Kashmir).

2) All materials secured for the construction of Upper Jhelum Canal - for example - gravel, stones, sand etc. will not be taxed as long as they are utilised within the State. All material that is used (exported) outside the State will be subject to collection of royalty by the State.

3) Crops, properties and agricultural land that are affected will be compensated (collected through the State) accordingly.

4) To facilitate travel for the residents of the State - to and from the State - bridges and pathways will be constructed in appropriate places.

5) Within the State, the availability of water will remain continuous and without charge (free).

6) Any officer of the Department of Irrigation - for the purpose of canal regulation - can assign (exercise) judicial powers of the State government. However, only on the condition that any decision of such an officer can be appealed against and heard by the Chief Judge in Jammu, whose decision will be final, subject to approval (assent) of the Maharajah Bahadur.

7) The State's tehsildaar or any officer of higher rank can at any time examine the (water) headworks at Mangla.

8) While conducting the survey of Upper Jhelum Canal, all practical steps possible will be taken to ensure every place considered sacred by the public will be protected and preserved.

9) During construction of the canal within the State territory all such laws related to food and beverage products will be followed.

10) If the Darbaar (The State of J & K) wishes to build (any) industry then electricity etc. will be provided free.

End of translation...

Note: Any words in brackets are for added clarity in the translation.

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This following picture tells more than a thousand stories:



We have an old proverb that spans most of the Urdu/Hindi speaking world (including us): "Behens ke aagey bheen mat bhajhao." It translates as, "Do not play the flute in front of a buffalo." What is implicitly meant is that there's no point explaining something to the targeted audience. In our case, the lack of telecommunications on or near the LOC is not something the Pakistani State would be particularly concerned about. Hence, the creative style of activism on the part of the AJK public to make their point.

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Daily Diary (DD) - Day 111 of 2019

1558hrs:

We condemn all acts of terror wherever they may occur in the world and by whoever:

7th blast took place in Sri Lanka. Picture speaks truth regarding innocent blood . Unfortunately human turned as wild beast.

God bless #SriLanka . pic.twitter.com/uVeKKv1WbR

— The voice from mountain's! (@Fayotz) April 21, 2019

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1930hrs:

Various parts of district Kotli are facing cuts of electricity anywhere between 0800hrs and 2000hrs for over two weeks now. We are informed - informally - that this is to re-set electricity cables in the wake of the ongoing 102 MW Gulpur (Braali) hydro-power project which we understand - like virtually all other such projects - is going to produce electricity (here in AJK) to directly deliver it (there to Pakistan).

The lower riparian climbs up with his military to warn us of another lower riparian killing our people because they are 'the other'. The 'warner' claims to be your genuine sympathiser, after-all he is your co-religionist. Sooner rather than later. both lower riparians decide to share the water between themselves without consulting the upper riparian. Who is conveniently divided between the two lower riparians using identical propaganda. One in the name of democratic secularism, the other in the name of militarised religion. 

This is just one of many hydro projects undertaken by the Pakistani State in AJK, all without due process, legality, environmental concerns, proprietary rights and many more questions within the framework of international law. Our Western neighbours are making the most of their de facto presence here. We now have to do without electricity throughout the working day for an unspecified period of time. This is load-shedding times six.

These imposed sacrifices are just heaping up, almost by the day.

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