Another batch of pilgrims leaves for Kashmir to perform Amarnath Yatra
Jammu: Another batch of 4,627 pilgrims left for Kashmir on Wednesday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra.
According to Kashmir Media Service, officials said another batch of 4627 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu for the Valley today in two escorted convoys.
The first convoy left at 3.07am. carrying 1,854 Yatris in an escorted convoy of 90 vehicles for the North Kashmir Baltal base camp. Second, an escorted convoy of 95 vehicles carrying 2,773 Yatris left at 3.33am. for the South Kashmir Nunwan (Pahalgam) base camp,”
The Meteorological (MeT) department has forecast partially cloudy weather on both the Yatra routes with the possibility of light rain during the day.
Yatris take either the 48 km long traditional Pahalgam route or the shorter 14 km long Baltal route to reach the cave shrine.
