Overview
- The yatra resumed on the Baltal route after officials completed emergency track repairs and weather improved, allowing pilgrims to reach the Amarnath cave shrine.
- The longer Pahalgam (Nunwan) route remains closed for continuous track maintenance and is not yet open for pilgrim movement.
- Heavy monsoon rain caused minor flash floods and landslips in the Kashmir Valley but officials reported no deaths or major property loss at pilgrimage sites.
- The National Highways Authority of India asked for restoration and widening work on NH‑44 between Udhampur and Banihal, a closure that halted fresh convoys from the Bhagwati Nagar Jammu base camp until parts of the road were made safe for single‑carriage traffic.
- Authorities are managing roughly 450,000 pilgrims so far, have shifted registration counters to Bhagwati Nagar, and are keeping contingency plans as weather forecasts predict continued light to moderate rain.