After being suspended for nearly a day because of inclement climate, the Amarnath Yatra resumed on Monday because the twelfth batch of 4,026 pilgrims left Jammu to go to the holy Amarnath cave at an altitude of three,880 meters in south Kashmir. The yatra from Jammu was suspended because of dangerous climate and no batch was allowed to proceed in the direction of base camps within the Valley on Sunday.
A minimum of 16 individuals have been killed whereas greater than 30 persons are nonetheless lacking after flash floods triggered by heavy rains triggered a cloudburst close to the Amarnath cave on July 8. “The 12th batch of 4,026 pilgrims in 110 vehicles left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here amid tight security of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),” officers mentioned. He mentioned that amongst these devotees there are 3,192 males, 641 ladies, 13 kids, 174 sadhus and 6 sadhvis. He mentioned that 1,016 pilgrims headed for Baltal base camp first left at 3.30 am in 35 autos adopted by second convoy of 75 autos carrying 2,425 pilgrims for Pahalgam camp in Kashmir.
In the meantime, the military constructed a makeshift staircase exterior the holy cave. The highway resulting in the cave temple was broken because of a landslide triggered by a cloudburst final Friday. Military unit ‘Chinar Corps’ tweeted, “In view of the graduation of the Yatra from Pahalgam as we speak, a brief staircase was constructed in a single day for the pilgrims exterior the holy cave. The 43-day annual pilgrimage to see Baba Barfani started on June 30 through the standard 48-km-long Nunwan route in Pahalgam in south Kashmir and the 14-km-long Baltal route in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal. Officers mentioned that so way over 1.13 lakh pilgrims have visited the Shivalinga product of ice within the holy cave. The Amarnath Yatra will finish on August 11, on the event of Raksha Bandhan.
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