Overview

• More than 26,800 pilgrims completed darshan of the Amarnath cave shrine in the first two days of the 38-day pilgrimage
• Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the Baltal Yatri Niwas Complex, which can house 800 pilgrims and includes registration, security and disaster-management facilities
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is constructing additional Yatri Niwas sites at Sidhra, Nunwan and Bijbehara under a Rs 240 crore CSR initiative
• Authorities deployed over 580 central armed police companies along with RFID tracking and facial-recognition systems to secure the Baltal and Pahalgam routes
• Officials managed a five-bus collision near Ramban that injured 36 pilgrims, all of whom received treatment and were provided alternate transport to resume the Yatra