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Amarnath Yatra Suspended: Pilgrim Dies after Hit by Shooting Stone, Others Injured In Landslide

Amarnath Yatra Suspended: Pilgrim Dies after Hit by Shooting Stone, Others Injured In Landslide

The Amarnath Yatra suspended on Thursday because of heavy rain in the valley. 1 women killed by a falling stone along the Baltal route of the yatra in Ganderbal district. Three others are injured in a landslide.

This is the first time yatra, starrs on July 3, has been suspended from Jammu this year. A video of a mudslide along the Baltal route has also emerged, displaying a number of people stranded on the mountain.

Pilgrims Dies in Amarnath Yatra

In the video,  devotees were visible being swept away by muddy torrent. They have been rescued by peoples on the track. Many peoples have been also visible conserving onto railings set up at the pathway to shop themselves from the mudslide.

The groups of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and their state counterparts, SDRF, had been then at once deployed to the site to evacuate people. According to reports, the Border Roads Organisation has started healing work at the Yatra track. Officials said the yatra remain suspended till the recovery work is completed.

Police officers, troops and paramilitary force deployed at site

The Amarnath Yatra is undertaken through the dual tracks – the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam path in Anantnag district and the 14-km Baltal path in Ganderbal district this is shorter path.  Over a lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high shrine this year.

Thousands of troops, paramilitary personnel and police deployed for the yatra, that is scheduled to conclude on 9 August. The safety preparations come in the wake of an apprehension attack in Pahalgam on April 22, wherein 26 civilians killed by Pakistan-connected terrorists.

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