A whole lot of safety forces have been deployed to guard the holy Amarnath Yatra. Tight safety has been put in place on the 300-km lengthy Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway. Groups of safety forces are additionally deployed on the Srinagar-Baltal and Qazigund-Pahalgam routes. Pilgrims are issued RFID playing cards for real-time monitoring, and an insurance coverage cowl of Rs 5 lakh has additionally been supplied for additional safety.
After the assault, Central Industrial Safety Drive (CISF), Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF), BSF, Military, ITBP, and Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel have been alerted on the routes, camps, and highways from Jammu to the holy cave to forestall any untoward incidents, as intelligence inputs have been obtained that terrorists might goal the annual Shri Amarnath Yatra. Aside from this, hi-tech devices have additionally been put in, together with CCTV, PTZ cameras, hexacopters, drones, and sniffer canine.
Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, stated, “Safety preparations take into account the scenario. We additionally get inputs, and accordingly, the safety forces analyze the scenario and plan safety. Safety has been saved at a dynamic degree by the safety forces, all are well-coordinated, and it’s not executed as work however as a service.”
Multi-layered safety preparations have been made by the safety forces to make sure the security of the pilgrims. These measures have been taken after a number of terrorist assaults and encounters in Jammu and Kashmir since June 9. There have been terrorist assaults at 4 locations in Reasi, Kathua, and Doda, by which 9 pilgrims and a Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF) jawan have been killed. No less than 4 encounters came about in Kashmir, and about 12 terrorists have been killed.
To extend the energy of the safety forces engaged in safety, the Military’s elite para commandos have been deployed in essentially the most delicate areas of the area. To forestall any terrorist assault on the Jammu-Srinagar freeway, Central Industrial Safety Drive (CISF), Central Reserve Police Drive (CRPF), and Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel have been deployed in satisfactory numbers on the freeway in Reasi, Udhampur, and Ramban districts.
Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, stated, “Thus far, 2.30 lakh pilgrims have visited the holy cave, which is the very best quantity ever within the historical past of Amarnath Yatra. The monitor has been widened and improved on each side; folks haven’t any complaints this 12 months. All departments are coordinating very nicely.”
The annual Shri Amarnath Yatra has created new historical past. Regardless of the disappearance of the naturally fashioned ice Shivling, there was no lower within the devotion and religion of Baba’s devotees. The 52-day pilgrimage will finish on August 19 on the eve of Raksha Bandhan. Final 12 months, greater than 4.5 lakh pilgrims visited the Amarnath cave shrine.
