Amarnath yatra: Over 7,100 pilgrims leave for cave shrine from base camp

On Tuesday the yatra continues…

On Tuesday, Amarnath Yatra, which resumed after a two-day suspension following cloudburst and flash flood near the cave shrine that killed 16 people and 37 have been injured during the incident. 

According to the information, another batch of 7,107 pilgrims moved from Jammu base camp towards the Valley.

The officials informed that the Yatra was resumed on Monday from Pahalgam base camp while it was not resumed from Baltal base camp because the 14 km long north Kashmir trek is damaged at three places.

"Helicopter services for the Yatris continued from both the base camps to the cave shrine," officials said.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Monday visited Chandanwari and reviewed the arrangements, medical facilities and preparations regarding Amarnath Yatra. He also inspected DRDO hospital.

It may be noted that over 1,20,000 pilgrims have so far had Darshan inside the holy cave shrine. The 43-day long Amarnath Yatra 2022 started on June 30 and will end on August 11 on Shravan Purnima coinciding with the Raksha Bandhan festival.

Of these, 5,158 are going to Pahalgam while 1949 are going to Baltal," officials said.

Reports that 40 pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh are missing have been denied by the Andhra Pradesh government saying that only two pilgrims from that state are still missing while all others are safe.