Amarnath yatra resumes from Jammu after two day suspension
Amarnath yatra
The yatra, however, remained suspended from the Baltal route due to its slippery track. The pilgrims who had registered for this route were not allowed to leave the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the valley
Two days after its suspension, the Amarnath Yatra resumed again early Saturday with over 2,200 pilgrims heading for the Pahalgam base camp.
The yatra however remained suspended from the Baltal route due to its slippery track. The pilgrims who had registered for this route were not allowed to leave the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the valley.
"The 8th batch of 2,203 Pahalgam-bound pilgrims, including 311 women, left in a convoy of 51 vehicles from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp at around 0240 hours and are expected to reach the base camp in Anantnag district of south Kashmir later in the day," a police official said.
The yatra was suspended due to the inclement weather in Kashmir on Thursday. The heavy rains in the region were followed by flashflood and landslides and shooting of stones.
Due to the suspension, thousands of pilgrims were stranded in Jammu.
The Jammu Divisional Commissioner had said that arrangments regarding healthcare, sanitation, uninterrupted water and power supply for the comfortable stay of the pilgrims were made.
"The administration at the highest level is monitoring the safety, health and comfort of the yatris and the officers are on round the clock duty for security and other arrangements made for Yatra," he said.
The 60-day annual yatra commenced on June 28 and 73,023 pilgrims had 'darshan' of the naturally formed ice-shivlingam at the cave shrine till last evening.
(With inputs from PTI)