Tight security in place for Amarnath Yatra, pilgrims advised to move in convoys

Addressing a press conference at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar, Sinha asserted that adequate security arrangements have been put in place for the annual pilgrimage which will start from July 3 and end on August 9 this year.

“The pilgrim registration before the April 22 incident was going on at a good pace but after that the registrations decreased. There was a drop of 10.19% in registration compared to last year,” Sinha said.

He pointed out that around 236,000 pilgrims had registered for the yatra before the terror attack that left 26 people — mostly tourists — dead at picturesque Baisaran meadows. Last year, around 512,000 pilgrims had performed the yatra, the highest in over a decade.