Amarnath Yatra: 18th batch of pilgrims leaves from Jammu base camp to Kashmir

JAMMU: The 18 batch of pilgrims connected Shri Amarnath Yatra comprising 4,388 devotees near for the beatified cave shrine situated successful the Himalayas successful southbound Kashmir connected Sunday greeting from 2 basal camps successful Jammu.“A batch of 1,573 near for Baltal successful a fleet of 64 vehicles escorted by information squad astatine 3.30am, portion a 2nd batch of 2,815 pilgrims near successful a convoy of 115 vehicles astatine 4am,” officials said.The 38-day yearly pilgrimage started from 2 routes aft the archetypal batch was flagged disconnected from present by the lieutenant politician of the UT, Manoj Sinha, connected July 2. The Shri Amarnath Yatra is scheduled to reason connected Aug 9 connected the auspicious juncture of Shravan Purnima coinciding with Rakshbandhan.This year, with an nonsubjective of bolstering information during the Shri Amarnathji Yatra, the UT govt declared each the routes of the yatra arsenic "No Flying Zones", including Pahalgam axis and Baltal axis, from July 1 to Aug 10.