Amarnath Yatra resumes after daylong suspension

JAMMU: The Amarnath Yatra resumed Friday, a day after the annual pilgrimage was suspended due to heavy rain and landslides in Kashmir that had resulted in the death of a woman pilgrim and injuries to four others. A 52-year-old woman pilgrim from Rajasthan succumbed to injuries from a shooting stone and four were injured in landslides along the Baltal route in Ganderbal district Wednesday.

Officials said the 16th batch of 7,908 pilgrims left from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the twin base camps of Baltal and Nunwan-Pahalgam in Kashmir.

Meanwhile, five pilgrims — all residents of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh — were admitted in Govt Medical College and Hospital , Udhampur, after they were injured in an accident. According to preliminary reports, eight pilgrims were travelling in a vehicle when it was hit by a truck along the Jammu-Srinagar NH . Three of them suffered minor injuries. Police have started an investigation.

The pilgrimage started on July 3 and will conclude on Aug 9, coinciding with Shravan Purnima and Raksha Bandhan .