Early Times Report
srinagar, July 29: After facing frequent disruptions due to inclement weather over the past four days, the Amarnath yatra resumed on Monday from Jammu and Pahalgam base camps while it remained suspended from Baltal route, officials said.
A fresh batch of 2,675 pilgrims, including 492 women and 174 seers, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp Monday, after a day-long suspension following inclement weather, the officials said.
They said the yatris, who also included three children, left the base camp in a convoy of 113 vehicles under tight security arrangements in the early hours after the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway was cleared for traffic. The highway, the only all weather road linking Kashmir with rest of the country, was closed for traffic on Sunday after heavy rains triggered a landslide at Kella Morh and rolling down of stones from hillocks at four more places including Panthiyal, Digdole, Anokhi fall and Maroog in Ramban district.
The road was cleared of the debris and made traffic worthy late Sunday.
With improvement in weather, the 26th batch of Amarnath pilgrims was allowed towards Kashmir and it is expected to reach the cave shrine later in the day, the officials said. |
