Amarnath Yatra suspended from Jammu because of unhealthy climate

“In all chance, the yatra shall resume tomorrow (Friday), relying on the climate situations through the course of the day,” he stated.

One other official instructed PTI {that a} two-day climate advisory has warned of heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir, together with on the yatra routes in Kashmir.

That is the primary time the yatra has been suspended from Jammu this yr.

To date, 2.47 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance on the 3,880-metre-high shrine because the yatra started on 3 July.

A complete of 1,01,553 pilgrims have departed from the Jammu base camp for the valley since 2 July, when lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the primary batch.

Greater than 4 lakh folks have registered on-line for the pilgrimage thus far.

Final yr, greater than 5.10 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance on the cave shrine, which homes a naturally shaped ice lingam.

The 38-day pilgrimage will conclude on 9 August.