I have full faith that the devotees traveling from all over the country to seek the divine blessings of Shri Amarnathji will have a safe and memorable pilgrimage, the Lt Governor said.

Expecting a heavy footfall of yatris, the UT government and SASB have made extensive arrangements for Shri Amarnathji Yatra this year.

The devotees can have ‘Darshan’ of the Holy Ice Lingam at the Holy Cave Shrine through live telecast of Morning and Evening Arti through Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board’s website link: http://www.shriamarnathjishrine.com/AartiLive.html  or through Shrine Board’s Android based Application which may be downloaded through the link: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ncog.shriamarnath 

 Besides the Board members of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary;  Sh Nitishwar Kumar, CEO Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, and Lt General Amardeep Singh Aujla, GOC 15 Corps also participated in the Puja.

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The office of LG invited top leaders of the region, including PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah, chairman of the Peoples Conference Sajjad Lone, Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Ravinder Raina and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI (M) general secretary Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami. The Lt Governor stated that the meeting was conducted to discuss administration of Amarnath Yatra.

Office of LG shared pictures of the political leaders who attended the meeting with Manoj Sinha. The tweet mentioned that the LG met with party leaders to discuss plans for the administration of the Shri Amarnath Yatra. Every J&K citizen is accountable for the holy pilgrimage’s effective conduction since it increases our trust in humanity’s inherent goodness.

Adding to the tweet, the Office wrote that all participants in the meeting unanimously agreed that the Shri Amarnath Yatra is akin to a large festival, a celebration of Kashmiriyat for the ordinary J&K citizen. Each and every resident of the UT will provide the pilgrims with warm hospitality and comfort.

However, unlike other senior political leaders of the region, J&K Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti was absent in the meeting. Earlier, her party’s Chief Spokesperson Syed Suhail Bukhari tweeted to complain that his party received an invitation only in the morning for a meeting scheduled for the evening that day. He also raised questions over outcome of the all-parties meeting chaired by the Prime Minister’s Office earlier.

Earlier, Mehbooba Mufti had tweeted that even though shops have been shut as security precautions for the Amarnath Yatra, it is Kashmiris who provide a real sense of security to Amarnath Yatra pilgrims.

After taking over as LG of J&K in August 2020, this is the first time when Manoj Sinha has invited top political leaders of the region. In May, the leaders of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) met with the lieutenant governor at Raj Bhawan to seek protection for the migrant Pandit employees after the death of Kashmiri immigrant worker Rahul Bhat at Chadoora in Budgam.

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The yatra will come to an end on 11 August. LG was accompanied by various political leaders and officials including Jammu Mayor Chander Mohan Gupta, Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta and BJP leader Devender Rana.

As the starting date for Amarnath Yatra is inching closer, Jammu and Kashmir administration has put in place high-level security for safety of pilgrims. Security arrangements have been specially strengthened in Kashmir valley to ensure that yatra is conducted peacefully.

The whole yatra route, including the mountains in central and southern Kashmir, will be under three tiers of protection. High ranking security officials have been holding meetings for the past week to ensure the safety of pilgrims in yatra. Government officials are expecting around seven to eight lakh pilgrims from across the nation to visit the sacred cave. More than three lakh pilgrims have already registered for the yatra.

Vijay Kumar, Inspector-General of Police, Kashmir, paid a visit to the holy cave and the yatri camp, Panjtarni on Tuesday to inspect the level of security arrangements. A police spokesperson told that the IGP participated in a security review meeting with officers from the army, CRPF, BSF, ITBP, JKP, NDRF and the civil administration. After that, the IGP also assessed the force deployment and gave instructions for improved coordination and teamwork to facilitate a seamless and incident-free yatra.

One day before, on Monday, he was also present at the final joint security review meeting attended by top police officers as well as the senior army officers in Anantnag. The IGP underscored the need to improve the intelligence grid in order to counter the direct threat posed by terrorists. The J&K police spokesperson stated that he discussed potential threats for the yatra and highlighted the need for the setting up of an efficient security grid. Officials specially discussed a district-by-district security review and took stock of the preparations made for the yatra. A special focus was given on the four south Kashmiri districts of Kulgam, Shopian, Pulwama, and Anantnag.

Police spokesperson said that senior Army and other security force officers also gave a thorough presentation and shared their ideas and recommendations for improving the overall security grid and giving the yatris foolproof security support on their journeys to and from Amarnath.

According to the spokesman, the IGP also stressed the need for various checking posts to be set up in order to prevent chaos by preventing unregistered yatris from reaching base camp. Security agencies have boosted the number of troopers engaged for the security of the yatra than in earlier periods. The yatra, which is taking place after two years, is set to commence on June 30.

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