KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Incessant rains since Wednesday dawn lashed Kashmir valley from one end to another. The rains, intermittently, continued for the day bringing down the temperatures and breaking the dry spell.
Meanwhile, Yatra to Hindu Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas has been suspended from both Baltal and traditional Pahalgam routes due to heavy rains.
Yatris, who left Baltal base camp early this morning for the cave shrine, were stopped at Brarimarg as the track has become slippery due to rain since early this morning. It was still raining in the entire track, a Yatra official said.
No pilgrim will be allowed to proceed towards the cave shrine till the weather improves. Similarly, pilgrims, who had left Cave shrine for Baltal base camp early this morning after paying obeisance and having night stay there, were also stopped.
Yatra official said pilgrims, who were on way to cave shrine via traditional Pahalgam track, have also been stopped at different halting stations, where all facilities are available.
However, pilgrims, who had night halt at nearby camps, have been paying obeisance since early this morning at the cave shrine.
Till date about 2.09 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine.
The continuous rainfall since also led to closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway for traffic movement on Wednesday, officials said.
They said rainfall has triggered landslides along the highway and BRO men are on job to clear the 300-km, the only road link which connects Kashmir with rest of India.
