Amarnath Yatra: Groups to be situated alongside Jammu-Srinagar NH to assist pilgrims 

Through PTI

JAMMU: Rescue groups shall be deployed alongside the Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway to offer assist to pilgrims all the way through the approaching Amarnath yatra, police mentioned on Monday.

The verdict to deploy the rescue groups at the freeway, particularly in slide-prone spaces, was once taken at a safety evaluation assembly chaired by means of Superintendent of Police, Ramban, Mohita Sharma, a police spokesman mentioned.

It was once additionally made up our minds that enough manpower shall be deployed upfront in order that the bottom camps and routes of the yatra are secured and checked on the earliest.

The 43-day-long Amarnath yatra is scheduled to start out on June 30 from the dual routes – conventional 48-km Nunwan in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam and 14-km shorter Baltal in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal — after a hiatus of 2 years owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

Addressing the assembly, the SP Ramban referred to as for an efficient mechanism and making plans for easy and non violent habits of the yatra.

Sharma requested officials to concentrate on delicate places and base camps whilst putting in safety preparations.

“The coordination mechanisms and verbal exchange programs will have to be established amongst opposite numbers of all stakeholders of the Military, Central Armed Police Forces, police and civil management,” the SP added.