| Around 6,000 pilgrims leave from Jammu, IMD predicts rainfall over isolated places | | |
Agencies
The fifth batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims, comprising 5,791 yatris, left Jammu in escorted convoys on Monday morning. The first group is headed for the Pahalgam base camp while the other proceeded to Baltal.
The pilgrims progress was temporarily halted due to bad weather. It remained suspended for three days before resuming on Sunday after the weather improved. The Indian Metreological Department has predicted that Jammu and Kashmir is likely to receive heavy rainfall over scattered places. Meanwhile, earlier on Sunday, the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas resumed on Pahalgam and Baltal routes after being suspended on Saturday due to inclement weather, officials said.
Also the fourth batch of 6,877 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the twin camps in Kashmir after the yatra from the winter capital of the state was allowed to resume following restoration of traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway. Traffic on the highway was suspended on Saturday as a precautionary measure due to threat of floods in the Valley. |
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