Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended due to inclement weather

By  India Blooms News Service   Jul 16, 2023

Srinagar/IBNS/UNI: The Amarnath Yatra has been temporarily suspended from both Pahalgam and Baltal routes in Kashmir due to inclement weather on Sunday, officials said.

No pilgrim was allowed to proceed from the traditional Nunwan Pahalgam base camp in south Kashmir and Baltal in central Kashmirs Ganderbal district today due to inclement weather.

It is still raining at several places on both the routes and at the Cave shrine that has made the road condition slippery at places, they said.

Keeping in view the inclement weather conditions the authorities decided to suspend the yatra until the weather improves, the officials added.

Similarly, no pilgrim was allowed to proceed on foot or ponies from the shortest Baltal route via Dumail to the cave shrine of Amarnath to pay obeisance there on Friday.

With 21401 pilgrims having darshan on Saturday, the total number of devotees who paid obeisance at the cave shrine surpassed the two lakh mark since the commencement of the pilgrimage on July 1.