Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 6: After remaining suspended for one day yesterday, the Amarnath Yatra resumed from here early this morning, with a fresh batch of 1,626 pilgrims leaving the base camp here to join the annual pilgrimage in the South Kashmir Himalayas.
However, the pilgrims were stopped for a couple of hours at Chankerkote Yatri Niwas in Ramban district at 6:15 am due to landslide on Natiional Highway, the officials said.
The agency concerned pressed its men and machinery and managed to clear the road of the debris to ensure its reopening by 9 am, they said.
The pilgrim convoy was allowed to move towards its destination and have crossed the landslide-hit area.
Earlier in the day, the 34th batch of 1,626 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in a convoy of 64 vehicles between 3.30 am and 3.45 am.
While 1,092 of them are heading for the Pahalgam base camp in Anantnag district, the remaining 534 devotees are on their way to the Baltal base camp in Ganderbal district.
Meanwhile, 2,585 pilgrims drawn from different parts of the country paid obeisance at naturally formed ice Shivlingam in 3888 metre Himalayan cave today, officials said.
With this, a total number of 4,19,279 yatris have performed darshan in cave shrine since the 62 day yatra started on July 1 from twin tracks of Baltal and Nunwan-Pahalgam.
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