Augment healthcare facilities on yatra route: Guv to officials

Vohra, also chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, chaired a high-level meeting here in this regard, an official spokesman said.

The Governor said all possible causes for deaths should be analysed with a view to reducing the number of fatalities.

He directed SASB CEO N K Chaudhury to issue immediate instructions to all concerned officials in yatra camps to further augment healthcare facilities.

The detailed break-up of deaths reflected age-wise and location-wise was presented at the meeting.

It was noted that persons of different age groups had expired due to cardiac arrest.

The meeting was told that more than 1000 oxygen cylinders had been made available on the two routes to the shrine by the health department.