Agencies
Jammu: The annual Amarnath Yatra remained suspended for a third consecutive day on Friday due to bad weather conditions.
Pilgrims were not permitted to move from Jammu towards the shrine`s Baltal and Pahalgam base camps in the Kashmir Valley Friday.
"There has been an improvement in the weather today. The situation will be reviewed and a decision will be taken later in the day," officials said here.More than 30,000 pilgrims are presently stranded at different places including the two base camps, transit camps and in Jammu`s Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas.
Governor N.N. Vohra will visit Baltal on Friday.
So far, 68,000 pilgrims have performed this year`s pilgrimage which started on June 28. |
