Wednesday 22nd Apr, 2026
Jammu, Jul 9:A fresh batch of 5,964 pilgrims on Tuesday left for the Shri Amarnath Cave Shrine in South of Himalayas amid ‘Bam Bam Bhole’ chants and rains from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp here.
The fleet of 254 vehicles ferrying pilgrims was escorted by CRPF personnel in jeeps and on motorbikes.
However, for Pahalgam route, 3,056 male, 640 females, 15 children, one transgender and 285 sadhus left the base camp in 163 vehicles and for Baltal, 1,509 male, 403 females, right children and 47 sadhus left in 91 vehicles including buses and LMVs.
Total 254 vehicles left the base camp for both the routes including 98 HMVs and 156 LMVs.
The Yatra was suspended from here on Monday in view of restrictions laid in the valley due to death anniversary of HM terrorist Burhan Wani, who was killed by the security forces on July 8, 2016.
The first batch was flagged off from here on June 29 by the Advisor to Governor K K Sharma.
Multi-tier security arrangements have been made for smooth and successful conduct of 46-day long Yatra concluding on August 15 on the occasion of Sharavan Purnima (Rakshabandhan).