Amarnath Yatra suspended for repair work

Srinagar: The Amarnath Yatra stands suspended from today owing to continuous rains in the areas. The Yatra has been suspended from both Pahalgam and Baltal base camps. But the yatris from the Panchtarni camp have been allowed to proceed through Baltal.

“Due to the continuous rains over the last couple of days, urgent repair and maintenance works are required to be carried out on the tracks. Therefore, it has been decided that no movement shall be allowed towards the Holy Cave from the two base camps today,” informed the Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri.

“However, yatris who stayed at Panchtarni camp during the preceding night are being allowed to proceed down to Baltal under adequate deployment of BRO and Mountain Rescue Teams. The Yatra shall resume in all likelihood tomorrow, depending upon the weather conditions during the course of the day”, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said.

So far, over 2.47 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the Holy Cave Shrine during the Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2025 reported DIPR Kashmir.

The 38-day annual Amarnath pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine in south Kashmir began on July 3 and will conclude on August 9.