Jammu: The Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended from the Jammu base camp on Saturday as a precautionary measure in view of the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, officials said.
“The Amarnath Yatra will remain suspended tomorrow,” Jammu Deputy Commissioner Avny Lavasa told PTI.
Owing to the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, security has been beefed up in the city, officials added.
On August 5, 2019, the Centre abrogated provisions of Article 370 and Article 35 A of the Constitution, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcated the state into Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir (with a legislature) and Ladakh.
Meanwhile, a fresh batch of 1,181 pilgrims left for the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from here on Friday amid tight security.
Over 4.5 lakh devotees have paid obeisance at the shrine since July 1, when the Yatra began in the Valley.
While 706 pilgrims, headed for Pahalgam, left in a convoy of 24 vehicles, another convoy of 22 vehicles carrying 475 pilgrims left for the Baltal base camp.
The Yatra is scheduled to conclude on August 31.
