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Early Times Report
Jammu, July 12: In the wake of cloudburst tragedy that left at least 16 pilgrims dead and over forty missing, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi led government is sending “a team of officials and subject experts to review the arrangements” for the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra in south Kashmir.
Sources said the team will visit the trek leading to the save cave shrine from both the Pahalgam and Batal to review the “security standards to prevent any casualties in the wake of bad weather.”
Sources said the team will also be accompanied by officials from the High Altitude Warfare School or HAWS on the Indian Army.
The HAWS is a defence service training and research establishment of the Indian Army in north Kashmir in 1948 and is specialized in snow–craft and winter warfare.
The sources said the team will “audit” the trek and camping sites being used by the pilgrims. The sources said it would be the “review of the arrangements in place for the pilgrims.”
On July 8, a cloudburst hit the cave shrine leaving 16 persons dead while dozens were wounded. The rains had badly damaged patches of the trek and that the Indian Army and other paramilitary forces have been coming up with new walkways for the pilgrims.
On July 11, the GOC Kilo Force visited the calamity site and took a firsthand account of progress of rescue and resuscitation operations.
Officials said the operations are progressing on war footage to assist civil administration in restoring Yatra in a record time frame.
On special request of the Shrine Board, the Indian Army have created a shunt on the Yatra track, against the flow of nalas. The rescue operation including medical treatment of affected Yatris and their further evacuation is being carried out.
The pilgrims have widely hailed the role of Indian Army in rescue and relief. |
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