The Latest Breaking News from Amarnath

The first batch of Amarnath pilgrims were received by the district administration at Kali Mata Temple at Tikri in Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir. Read further on Dynamite News:

Amid tight security, a batch of 3,400 Amarnath pilgrims left for the twin base camps in Kashmir to undertake the onward journey to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Lord Shiva

The administration has established five ‘Tatkal’ (urgent) registration counters for the Holy Yatra at prominent locations in Jammu city. Read further on Dynamite News:

Over 1,100 labourers are on the job, officials said.

He stressed on providing smooth arrangements from the airport and railway station to the yatra base camp.

The construction of the National Disaster Mitigation Centre and the Yatri Niwas will take place on a 1.84-acre plot

In April this year, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced a road project to the Amarnath shrine in Pahalgam

Security top brass met in Srinagar and apprised Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Tuesday about the security challenges ahead of much-touted meeting of G20 nations on May 22-24. Security for the upcoming Amarnath yatra and the situation in Poonch-Rajouri sector were also discussed, official sources said.  

Top security officials held a meeting in south Kashmir’s Anantnag where securing the national highway, which connects Jammu with the Srinagar and the Amarnath route in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam, remained the focus