A fresh batch of 4094 pilgrims on Saturday left for the ShriAmarnath Cave Shrine in South of Himalayas amid “Bam Bam Bhole” chants andrains from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp here.

The fleet of 171 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted byCRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes.

However, for Pahalgam route, 1866 male, 389 females, ninechildren, 144 sadhus left the base camp in 106 vehicles and for Baltal, 1109male, 566 females and 11 children left in 65 vehicles including buses and LMVs.Total 171 vehicles left the base camp for both the routes including 72 HMVs 93LMVs and six motorcycles.The first batch was flagged off from here on June 29by the Advisor to Governor K K Sharma.

Multi-tier security arrangements have been made for smoothand successful conduct of 46-day long Yatra concluding on August 15 on theoccasion of Sharavan Purnima (Rakshabandhan).