Jammu (The Stellar News), Sadhika Jain: Amarnath Yatra suspended on Thursday 17th July after a woman dies and several sustain injuries due to landslide and heavy Rainfall in the valley for 36 hours. The Landslide along the Baltal route caused an alert. Continuous rain caused significant destruction in the route.
Both the routes to Amarnath are suspended with immediate restoration work. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has made heavy deployment of men and machinery on the tracks to complete the work so that the yatra can be resumed from both Baltal and Pahalgam base camps.
The Yatra is Likely to resume back from Friday depending on the weather conditions .This is the first time this year that yatra has been suspended. Yatris who stayed at Panjtami camp last night are being allowed to proceed down to Baltal with adequate deployment of BRO and Mountain Rescue Teams.
So far, 2.47 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high shrine since the yatra began on July 3.
A total of 1,01,553 pilgrims have departed from the Jammu base camp for the valley since July 2, when Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch. More than 4 lakh people have registered online for the pilgrimage so far.The yatra will conclude on August 9.
