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| BYN welcomes panel on Amarnath Yatra duration | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jul 25: Welcoming the formation of a sub- committee for fixing duration of the Amarnath yatra from next year, an amalgam of religious, social and trade bodies today urged Shri Amarnath Shrine Board to upgrade medical facilities for the pilgrims.
"We welcome the formation of the sub-committee to decide on the duration of the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine," Baba Yatri Niyas (BYN) president Surinder Mohan Aggarwal told reporters here. Urging the Jammu and Kashmir government and SASB to upgrade medical facilities for Amarnath yatris, he said 83 pilgrims have lost their lives in the ongoing yatra as proper emergency medical support could not be provided to them.
SASB on Friday last had constituted the panel, headed by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, to suggest the duration of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, an issue that has become a bone of contention between Hindu religious groups and environmentalists. The duration of the Amarnath pilgrimage that used to be for one month was extended two months from 2005 onwards.However, it was reduced to 45 days this year.
The shrine board had maintained the decision was taken in view of the safety of the pilgrims. The move has come under severe criticism from various groups.
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