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Shri Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu Jammu:
The ongoing Shri Amarnath Yatra had to be suspended from Jammu base camp on Wednesday
due to a large number of devotees stranded at transit base camp at Baltal. Over
15,000 pilgrims are stranded at the transit camp. According to police officials
in Jammu, "No batch was allowed to Baltal base camp from here today. The yatra
was suspended as there is a heavy rush of stranded devotees at Baltal." Over 2,700
pilgrims have been left waiting for resumption of the Yatra at Jammu base camp
in Bhagwati Nagar due to the suspension. Jammu and Kashmir government and Shri
Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has set up three base camps at Bhagwati Nagar in
Jammu, at Nunwan in Pahalgam and at Baltal to arrange for boarding and lodging
facilities to pilgrims visiting cave shrine. While, Jammu base camp facilitates
boarding and lodging for over 20,000 pilgrims at a time, Baltal and Nunwan can
house over 5,000 pilgrims at a time. About 70,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance
at the 3888 mt Amarnath cave shrine till now. On Tuesday, a high level team headed
by SASB Chief Executive Officer B B Viyas carried out an aerial survey of the
traditional Pahalgam route to take a final decision on opening of the route, which
has been covered with snow for last few days, to the pilgrims. The team has submitted
its report on resumption of yatra via traditional Pahalgam route to Governor NN
Vohra.
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