{"id":27384,"date":"2020-06-12T23:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/amarnath-yatra-jk-admin-may-allow-only-2000-pilgrims-per-day\/"},"modified":"2020-06-12T23:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:30:57","slug":"amarnath-yatra-jk-admin-may-allow-only-2000-pilgrims-per-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=27384","title":{"rendered":"Amarnath Yatra: J&amp;K admin may allow only 2,000 pilgrims per day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Srinagar:<\/strong> In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the J&amp;K administration is likely to allow only 2,000 pilgrims in a day during the 14-day Amarnath Yatra via the shorter Baltal route in Ganderbal district, said shrine board sources. They said registrations shall be made online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the spike in Covid-19 infections across the country, uncertainty looms large over the annual pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine in south Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The works section of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) is awaiting the J&amp;K administration\u2019s nod for the Baltal route so it could undertake the maintenance tracks leading to the shrine, they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, it has been decided that barring sadhus, no pilgrims above the age of 55 years will be allowed to embark on the yatra, which will take the shorter Baltal route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll those undertaking the pilgrimage must possess Covid-negative certificates. The pilgrims will be cross-checked for the infection upon entry into J&amp;K before they are allowed to undertake the yatra,\u201d said an official requesting anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SASB is also looking to telecast the live aarti from the cave shrine in the morning and evening for the devotees, the official added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another official said since it would be a curtailed yatra, the SASB is mulling to allow it via helicopters only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, lieutenant governor\u2019s principal secretary and SASB CEO Bipul Pathak said, \u201cThe board is yet to meet and take a decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With inputs from Hindustan Times<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the J&amp;K administration is likely to allow only 2,000 pilgrims in a day during the 14-day Amarnath Yatra via the shorter Baltal route in Ganderbal district, said shrine board sources. They said registrations shall be made online. Due to the spike in Covid-19 infections across the country, uncertainty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}