Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level meeting on Friday to take stock of the preparations and security for the upcoming Amarnath pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said.
The 62-day-long annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, will begin on 1 July and continue till 31 August.
The home minister will review the preparations for the Amarnath pilgrimage with top officials of the central government and Jammu and Kashmir administration, the sources said.
Shah will also take stock of the plans being formulated to ensure foolproof secretary for the pilgrimage, they said.
According to the Sources, there have been intelligence inputs and the Pakistan-based terror outfits may try to disrupt the pilgrimage for which adequate security forces will be deployed.
All stakeholders of the pilgrimage are expected to take part in the meeting and all issues relating to arrangements being made for it would be discussed.
A lot of snow has been found along the both the tracks — Baltal and Pahalgam— leading to the holy cave and therefore the Border Roads Organisation has been given the task to clear the snow by 15 June, the sources said.
