Overview

• Pilgrim registrations totalled 236,801 before April 22 and over 85,000 travellers have reconfirmed their plans to counter a 10% drop since the Pahalgam attack
• More than 180 paramilitary companies and anti-sabotage units have been deployed along the Jammu–Srinagar highway and at base camps from Lakhanpur to Banihal
• The administration has set up 106 lodgement centres across the Jammu region to house up to 50,000 pilgrims with boarding, sanitation and community kitchens
• Advanced surveillance technologies including CCTV networks, drone monitoring, RFID tracking and facial recognition have been integrated under a unified command
• High-level reviews led by the DGP, IGP and LG have enforced strict SOPs and real-time monitoring to ensure seamless civil-military coordination