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| Security beefed up at Vaishno Devi | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 16:
As the nine-day Navratra festival began today, security was further beefed up in and around the highly reverred Vaishno Devi cave shrine which witnesses heavy rush of pilgrims during these days.
Additional police and para-military troops were deployed in and around the holy Katra town, police sources said.
"We have a very good liaison with army and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and all the teams are out. The traffic coming from Jammu will be checked at Mori and the traffic coming from Uddhampur is being checked at Kaithal and Sarli," the sources added. Sources said all the pilgrims were being frisked properly with metal detectors.
"We had come to seek blessings in the temple on the occasion of the first day of Navratri and we are very happy with the security arrangements in the city," said Sahil, a pilgrim from Delhi.
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