Danial Tariq

1st year Emerald

GEOGRAPHIC REPORT ON KAG AND DARWAZA VILLAGE

Kag village is located in Haripur district at a distance of 10 k.m towards north of Haripur on Chipper road It is situated on southern side of Koh-e-Hindukush. It is a beautiful village and has always been significant due to its cultural, historical, natural beauty, biodiversity and evo-tourism importance. Darwaza is also a beautiful village in Haripur in proximity of villages Chinjaliala and Allui. It has an elevation of 1589 metres.It is a small rural settlement in Haripur. Haripur is a district located in the Hazara region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Its coordinates are 32.2636°N latitude and 72.4258°E longitude.Haripur is bounded by Mansehra district to the North, Abbottabad district to the East and the river Indus to the west.The district's landscape is characterized by hills and mountains, with the Margalla hills to the south.The topography of Haripur includes rivers, mountains, lake, canals, water reservoirs, plains and even waterfalls. The major predicament that the Haripur district is facing is related to environmental pollution and over hunting of wild life that has put many wild living creatures on the brink of extinction. The human actions have many negative impacts on environment so it is hoped that strict implementation of policies will improve the condition of wild life and the state of pollution in the district so the natural beauty can be conserved.

 

Written by: Master Ijlal Qamar (1st Year Emerald)

‘Adventure’

It was about 5.00am when we were asked to reach the school for a study tour to Kag Village and Chikar in Haripur and especially to observe wildlife there. An excited journey started at 5:30am when the que of all our fellows reached the school and the bus got filled. Somehow, finally we reached our destination in early morning when the sun was rising from the East, the heart touching sounds of birds, the morning glory, the cold breeze, the waves of the water and group of some students in quest about wildlife knowledge. The environment seemed very remarkable to me. We had an experienced tutor with us who was also very attached with the nature, named Dr Ahsan Qureshi. He guided us a lot about different species of birds, insects and plants, but we were eager to see such creatures by our own. Therefore we were given binoculars and other optical instruments and the real journey started. We saw different types of different species of birds including Indian Roller, Collard doves, Oriental turtle doves, wild ducks and many more. Different species of plants including different types of trees were observed by us and scary insects which were even captured by our fellows. We stayed there and adhere these creatures for atleast 4hrs. The arrival of wild life officers who guided us more about wild life including their hunting season, number of species and fines on illegal hunting’s. After alot of enjoyment, the time came to move back. Over all journey was adequate and atlast we had to fill the lists that we were given to fill related to different creatures we had seen.

 Deriving: waste materials are destroying natural beauty of our environment.

 Precautions: RRR

 (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle).