In a multi-tier safety association, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the primary batch of 4,603 pilgrims for the Amarnath Yatra from Jammu on Saturday. The pilgrims are anticipated to succeed in the bottom camps in Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir by this night.
The 52-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine, situated at an altitude of roughly 13,000 ft within the South Kashmir Himalayas, will begin from the dual tracks – the standard 48-kilometer Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag and the 14-kilometer shorter however steeper Baltal route.
The environment was charged with non secular fervor because the pilgrims chanted “Bham Bham Bholey” and danced with enthusiasm. The batch comprised 3,631 males, 711 girls, 252 sadhus, and 9 youngsters, touring in a cavalcade of 231 automobiles. Langers, tents, and fiber shelters have been arrange alongside the routes to accommodate the vacationers.
#WATCH | J&Okay: Numerous pilgrims en route from Baltal to Holy Amarnath cave. pic.twitter.com/u9hdwn7c95
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Safety preparations for this 12 months’s yatra have been considerably upgraded, with the deployment of roughly 80,000 to 100,000 safety personnel from Lakhanpur to the holy cave. Superior handbook deployment know-how and CCTV cameras have been put in alongside nationwide highways resulting in the holy cave to bolster safety and deal with visitors points. The primary batch of pilgrims will journey underneath excessive safety in a convoy to succeed in the Pahalgam and Baltal base camps, the place they’ll begin their journey to the shrine. The camps, tracks, and the holy cave itself are all underneath multi-tier safety.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has made in depth preparations for the yatra, together with enhanced well being amenities. The 52-day-long pilgrimage formally begins on June 29, with 3.5 lakh pilgrims already registered, and extra anticipated attributable to an elevated quota for spot registrations.
