J&K: 36 Amarnath pilgrims injured as bus hits others

JAMMU/SRINAGAR: At slightest 36 Amarnath pilgrims suffered insignificant injuries Saturday aft a autobus deed different successful a Pahalgam-bound convoy that had stopped astatine Chanderkote successful J&K’s Ramban territory for breakfast, triggering a concatenation collision among 4 buses.The mishap occurred astir 7.15am aft the operator of the archetypal autobus reportedly mislaid power owed to brake failure. The pilgrims successful the buses were portion of a larger radical of 6,979 who had near for the cave shrine successful Kashmir from a basal campy successful Jammu.The mishap prompted a directive from J&K lieutenant-governor Manoj Sinha for broad information measures successful vehicles ferrying Amarnath pilgrims. He asked officials to guarantee checks astatine each cardinal locations and warrant uninterrupted availability of nutrient and medicines on the yatra route.

“By the blessings of Lord Shiva, each devotees are safe. Our precedence is the information of each pilgrims,” a govt spokesperson said.The 36 injured were treated astatine Ramban District Hospital and discharged. Most carried connected with their journey. The autobus whose operator mislaid power was damaged and its pilgrims were shifted to different vehicle, Ramban SSP Kulbir Singh said, adding lone 3 to 4 of the injured changed their caput and decided not to spell further.

“Most of the injuries were insignificant and each affected yatris were discharged aft archetypal aid,” said Ramban lawman commissioner Ilyas Khan, who had rushed with different elder officials to the spot successful Chanderkote. LG Sinha spoke to Khan to supply each indispensable assistance to the injured pilgrims.According to SSP Singh, the backstage autobus that mislaid power was from Madhya Pradesh. “The yatra convoy had halted for meal astatine Chanderkote Langer (a assemblage room that provides escaped nutrient to devotees),” SSP Singh said.Earlier successful the morning, the 6,979 pilgrims had near the basal campy successful Jammu braving dense rain, officials said. This is the 4th Amarnath batch since the implicit month-long yatra started connected July 3. The 5,196 men, 1,427 women, 24 children and 332 others, including monks, near successful 2 convoys betwixt 3.30am and 4am amid choky security, officials said.(Inputs from Naseer Ganai successful Srinagar)