6 Amarnath pilgrims suffer minor wounds in bus collision in J-K’s Ramban   

  The buses were portion of a convoy headed for Pahalgam basal campy successful southbound Kashmir from  Jammu's Bhagwati Nagar

CRPF vehicles escort buses carrying the archetypal batch of pilgrims for the yearly Amarnath Yatra, successful Srinagar. PTI/File

At slightest six Amarnath pilgrims suffered insignificant injuries successful an mishap involving 3 buses successful Ramban territory connected Saturday, officials said.

The buses were portion of a convoy headed for Pahalgam basal campy successful southbound Kashmir from  Jammu's Bhagwati Nagar.

The mishap took spot adjacent Chanderkoot, on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, officials said.

They said the mishap occurred owed to nonaccomplishment of the brakes of 1 of the buses which past deed 2 different vehicles. The injured were instantly fixed aesculapian aid.

The convoy near for its destination aft the damaged buses were replaced, officials said.

The 4th batch of 6,979 pilgrims -- 5,196 men, 1,427 women, 24 children, 331 sadhus and sadhvis and 1 transgender -- near the Bhagwati Nagar basal campy successful 2 abstracted convoys betwixt 3.30 americium and 4.05 am.

While 4,226 pilgrims near successful 161 vehicles for Nunwan basal campy for the 48-kilometre accepted Pahalgam route, 2,753 pilgrims were headed for the shorter but steeper 14-kilometre Baltal way successful 151 vehicles.