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Early Times report
Srinagar : A 70-year-old woman pilgrim on way to Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir has died of cardiac arrest while a girl on the Pahalgam-cave route was evacuated by helicopter after she fell ill, a spokesman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board said on Monday.
Patal Jiviben Ramadass, a resident of Gandhinagar in Gujarat, passed away at Panjtarni last evening, the spokesman said.
Her demise raised the number of persons who died since the commencement of the annual two-month pilgrimage to 15. The dead included two Muslim porters who were hit by a landslide near Rail Pathri on Baltal-cave route on June 17.
The spokesman said a girl identified as Richa Singal of Uttar Pradesh was evacuated by helicopter by the SASB from Panjtarni to the Baltal base camp last evening. The girl was evacuated after she fell ill and her condition worsened.
Meanwhile, fresh batches compring 7,616 persons left for the 3,880 metre high shrine from the Baltal and Pahalgam base camps this morning.
While 5,661 pilgrims left Baltal base camp, another 1,955 devotees were allowed from Nunwan base camp in Pahalgam, the spokesman said, adding 11,465 pilgrims paid obeisance at the shrine on Sunday.
So far, nearly 1.35 lakh pilgrims have offered prayers at the shrine.
The SASB spokesman said as many as 1,078 pilgrims, mostly women, children and old, were diverted from Pahalgam to Baltal for undertaking the pilgrimage via the Baltal route as a precautionary measure.
He said a fresh batch of 1,764 pilgrims also left Jammu on Monday for the Nunwan and Baltal Base Camps.
The spokesman said a mobile rescue team each, comprising a Sub-inspector and eight Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel, have been stationed at Sheshnag and Poshpathri along the 45-km Pahalgam-cave route.
These teams are moving to the critical stretches of the track between Sheshnag and Poshpathri to ensure the safe crossing of pilgrims across the difficult Mahagunas top, he said.
Certain portions of the track continue to remain critical. At a number of places, the track is still covered by three to seven feet of accumulated snow, he said.
The spokesman said the SASB is working with the Pahalgam Development Authority to speed up clearance and improve the track for ensuring the safety of pilgrims.
He said an adequate number of medical teams have been deployed at various camps, enroute on both the tracks and at the cave, to provide medical facilities to pilgrims.
The SASB has issued explicit directions to camp directors that it will make all arrangements for evacuating any pilgrim whose condition becomes critical, for specialised treatment.
The spokesman said the board has also stepped up efforts to ensure cleanliness and sanitation in the shrine area.
On Sunday, a team led by the Boards Consultant on Environmental issues C M Seth, conducted a surprise inspection of shops and community kitchens and seized a significant quantity of polythene bags.
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