With the annual Amarnath Yatra approaching, Chief Minister’s advisor Nasir Aslam Wani on Tuesday reviewed the status of the ongoing Jammu Smart City projects and stressed timely completion of all major works, including the eco-friendly PM e-Bus Sewa project and the first-of-its-kind Waste to Wonder Park.
Mahant Deependra Giri, custodian of the holy mace is leading the ‘Chhari Mubarak’ that is carried by a group of Sadhus towards the cave shrine.
The Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended from 3 August onwards from both the Pahalgam and Baltal routes due to damage to the tracks caused by heavy rains.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed gratitude to all stakeholders involved in the arrangement of the ongoing Holy Shri Amarnath Yatra after it crossed the figure of 4 lakh pilgrims paying obeisance at the mountain cave shrine was reached on Thursday.
No convoy of Yatris will move from Jammu to Kashmir on Thursday, as the Amarnath Yatra has been suspended for the day due to heavy rain.
This year's 62-day long Amarnath Yatra started on July 1 and will end on August 31 coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festival.
Some pilgrims and ponywalas received "minor" injuries in the incident that occurred last week.
The Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar clarified that there was no incident of stone pelting on Amarnath pilgrims and the video clip of stone pelting that had gone viral is "misleading" and "baseless", with the intension to "malign the image of" Jammu and Kashmir Police.
The DGP inspected the security methods and mechanisms adopted for the security of yatris at the camp.
The injured persons have been identified as Anmol Kumar, Pintu Kumar Thakur and Hiralal Yadav, all residents of district Supaul, Bihar. They have been shifted to hospital for treatment.
