One Useless, Three Injured Due To Mudslide On Amarnath Route; Yatra Suspended Till Climate Improves
One individual was killed and three others had been injured attributable to a landslide alongside the Amarnath Yatra’s Baltal route within the Railpathri space of Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday night.
This incident has introduced the overall variety of deaths throughout this yr’s Amarnath Yatra to fifteen, as per media experiences.
The deceased has been recognized as a 55-year-old girl pilgrim from Rajasthan, recognized as Sona Bai. The injured had been promptly taken to the Baltal base camp hospital for therapy and are reported to be secure.
The Border Roads Group (BRO) acted swiftly to clear particles within the Railpathri space, permitting the Yatra to renew partially after the preliminary disruption.
In the meantime, authorities have suspended the Amarnath Yatra on July 17, attributable to steady heavy rainfall and resultant security issues in Pahalgam and Baltal until the climate improves. No recent batches of pilgrims are being allowed to proceed from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu or alongside the Baltal and Pahalgam routes in Kashmir. Nevertheless, the pilgrims on the cave will likely be allowed to come back all the way down to the bottom camps on each routes.
The Jammu-Srinagar Nationwide Freeway (NH-44) additionally confronted disruptions attributable to landslides and sluggish site visitors; nonetheless, the street has been cleared.
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has issued a crimson alert for the subsequent 24 hours, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in Kashmir from midnight. An energetic Western Disturbance interacting with monsoon winds is prone to set off widespread rains throughout the area, with south Kashmir anticipated to obtain the heaviest showers. Central and north Kashmir might expertise mild to average rain with a couple of heavy spells.
The Amarnath Yatra, which started on July 3, is scheduled to conclude on August 9, and has seen over 2,47,313 pilgrims go to the holy cave shrine within the first 16 days.
Authorities are carefully monitoring the state of affairs and count on the Yatra to renew as soon as climate circumstances enhance and the routes are declared secure. In the meantime, the authorities have suggested the pilgrims to observe official advisories from the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board (jksasb.nic.in) or contact the Joint Police Management Room in Pahalgam and Baltal for help.
