Amarnath Yatra resumes
Posted on: 21/Jul/2013 11:15:15 AM
The Amarnath Yatra from Jammu was resumed on Saturday evening after being suspended for two days. Following firing in the Ramban district in the Gool area of Kashmir, the yatra was suspended due to security reasons. Four people died in the firing.
Amarnath is a cave shrine that is located 3888 metres above sea level in the South Kashmir Himalayas.
‘A fresh batch of 1,834 pilgrims, including 45 saints, left for the Valley from Jammu base camp at 5:35 pm… Amid tight security, the batch of pilgrims left Bagwati Nagar base camp in a cavalcade of 56 vehicles… The yatra was suspended on July 19 and no fresh batch was allowed till the morning of July 20 The Jammu-Srinagar national highway route which was closed after the violence broke out, has been reopened for vehicular traffic’, said a police official.
