INDIA

Amarnath Yatra kicks off as pilgrims embark from Jammu under high vigilance

TDN

The Democracy News :- Medications for the Amarnath Yatra have formerly begun. The tabernacle city of Jammu is each set to drink the pilgrims. On June 28, the first batch will leave from base camp Bhagwati Nagar Jammu for Baltal and Pahalgam. The stint will begin on June 29.

In Jammu's Saraswati Dham, commemoratives for instant enrollment have started to be issued from Wednesday. On the first day, one thousand commemoratives were given to those travelling from Baltal and Pahalgam. Passengers entering commemoratives will be registered at 7:00 am on Thursday.

The enthusiasm of the passengers for the darshan of Baba Barfani is so important that ranges were formed at Saraswati Dham in Jammu from 4:00 am to collect the commemorative. Some of the addicts had arrived at 2:00 pm. Four pilgrims from Bangladesh have also reached Jammu after registering online. The security forces checked the mark drill arrangements to insure that there was no security lapse. In the wake of recent terrorist attacks on passenger vehicles, the deployment of security forces has been increased on the yatra route.

In addition, 365 CCTV cameras and drones are being used to cover the movement of vehicles. Security posts have been set up at every 500 metres and one kilometre on the Jammu- Srinagar trace. Fortified guards will be on duty 24 hours a day. The base camp will have to be entered in Bhagwati Nagar by 7 pm. A large number of pilgrims have started arriving in Jammu for the Amarnath Yatra.

Registration for passengers will start incontinently at Vaishnavi Dham, Panchayat Bhawan, Mahajan Hall( all three for pilgrims) near the road station, as well as Shri Ram Mandir at Purani Mandi and Geeta Bhawan( for sadhus). In the first phase, enrollment will be done for the pilgrims of the jatha going from Jammu on June 28. campaigners can also register online.

An functionary of the base camp Bhagwati Nagar said that the pilgrims of the jatha will have to enter the base camp by 7 pm the day ahead. An RFID counter is being started at the Aadhaar camp for the addicts from Thursday. Addicts will be allowed to enter the base camp as per the slated date of the yatra. The installation of RFID and eKYC will be handed to the pilgrims coming by rail at the road station Jammu itself.

Addicts from abroad also arrived with passports. Four people from Bangladesh have also reached Jammu to visit Baba Barfani. To take all the commemoratives, holding the passport in hand was seen in the line. He could not speak much because he did not understand the language. They said that the Dream become true.