Due to poor weather in the state, the yearly Amarnath Yatra has been postponed for the second day in a row on the twin routes of Baltal and Pahalgam, officials said on Saturday.
The annual Amarnath Yatra was delayed due to bad weather in the union territory, and it was suspended from both the Pahalgam and the Baltal routes, according to the administration.
Fresh batches of pilgrims were not permitted to depart Jammu to begin their yatra due to the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway as a result of weather advisory and heavy rains in Kashmir valley, they said.
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police also issued an advisory and urged the general public not to travel on the NH-44, Mughal Road, and the SSG Roads that were blocked due to the occurrence of two landslides.
“Traffic update at 6:25 am. NH-44, Mughal Road and SSG Road are blocked due to 2 landslides. People are advised not to travel till clearance,” tweeted J&K Traffic Police.
A total of 67,566 pilgrims visited the Amarnath cave shrine since the beginning of the Yatra on July 1. About 18,354 pilgrims on July 5 left for the Amarnath cave shrine both from the Baltal base camp and Nunwan base camp performed the darshan.
“These include 12483 males, 5146 females, 457 children, 266 sadhus, and 2 sadhvis,” an official statement said. “The total number of yatris who performed Darshan since the beginning is 67566. More yatris will visit the shrine in the coming days,” it added.
According to the official spokesperson, pilgrims are being assisted during their entire journey by state agencies and civil departments by making all the essentials and facilities available to devotees.
