Amarnath Yatra suspended for third day
Friday - July 6, 2018 8:46 am ,
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Amarnath Yatra suspended for third day
Jammu July 6 (IANS) The annual Amarnath Yatra remained suspended for a third consecutive day on Friday due to bad weather conditions.
Pilgrims were not permitted to move from Jammu towards the shrine s Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in the Kashmir Valley Friday.
"There has been an improvement in the weather today. The situation will be reviewed and a decision will be taken later in the day " officials said here.
More than 30 000 pilgrims are presently stranded at different places including the two base camps transit camps and in Jammu s Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas.
Governor N.N. Vohra will visit Baltal on Friday.
So far 68 000 pilgrims have performed this year s pilgrimage which started on June 28.
--IANS sq/ksk
Pilgrims were not permitted to move from Jammu towards the shrine s Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in the Kashmir Valley Friday.
"There has been an improvement in the weather today. The situation will be reviewed and a decision will be taken later in the day " officials said here.
More than 30 000 pilgrims are presently stranded at different places including the two base camps transit camps and in Jammu s Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas.
Governor N.N. Vohra will visit Baltal on Friday.
So far 68 000 pilgrims have performed this year s pilgrimage which started on June 28.
--IANS sq/ksk
