Overview

• Heavy rain and landslides on July 17 killed a Rajasthan pilgrim and injured four along the Baltal route, prompting a 24-hour suspension of the pilgrimage.
• On July 19, 6,365 devotees—including 1,499 women, 441 children and 135 sadhus and sadhvis—left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the Amarnath shrine.
• Pilgrims traveled in two separate convoys under tight security: 3,514 in 119 vehicles to Nunwan-Pahalgam and 2,851 in 92 vehicles via Baltal.
• Since the Yatra began on July 3, over 2.75 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the 3,880-metre cave shrine.
• A truck collision on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway hospitalized five pilgrims from Gorakhpur and police have launched an investigation.