INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
routes due to heavy rainfall, has been resumed after weather cleared up
Air sorties also resumed from Baltal, reports news agency ANI
The flood alert in Jammu and Kashmir remains.The Amarnath Yatra was suspended due to multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains and bad
conditions and flood alert, the yatra was stopped as a preventive measure
The pilgrims from Batlal route housed in a big hall at Trikri base camp and were also served food.The Baltal route, coming from Srinagar, is
of 14 kilometres, and the route from Pahalgam, coming from Jammu, is of about 32 kilometres.The water level at Sangam at 10 am this morning
was 23.06 feet - still above the critical mark - the water has started receding there
At 9 am the water level there was 23.16 feet.The rising water levels induced fear among the valley residents of a re-run of 2014 floods that
caused widespread devastation and left over 300 persons dead.Over two lakh pilgrims have registered for the annual pilgrimage to the
3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas
Last year, over 2.6 lakh people registered for the annual pilgrimage.
