Amarnath Yatra resumes after a day as weather improves

The annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas resumed on Pahalgam and Baltal routes this morning after being suspended yesterday due to inclement weather, officials said.

Also the fourth batch of 6,877 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the twin camps in Kashmir after the yatra from the winter capital of the state was allowed to resume following restoration of traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway.

Traffic on the highway was suspended yesterday as a precautionary measure due to threat of floods in the Valley.

As the water level in the Jhelum river started receding, the authorities decided to allow the pilgrims from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp to join the yatra.

In Srinagar, a spokesperson of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) said, "Yatra resumed on both routes (Pahalgam and Baltal) this morning."