New Delhi: Amid surge in COVID-19 instances within the nation, the registration for Amarnath yatra commenced on April 1.
The 56-day yatra to the Himalayan cave shrine is slated to start from the dual routes of Pahalgam and Baltal in Jammu and Kashmir on June 28 and can culminate on August 22. The registration course of will be carried out by way of 446 designated financial institution branches throughout the nation — 316 branches of Punjab National Bank, 90 of Jammu and Kashmir Bank and 40 YES Bank branches.
For extra details about the pilgrimage, the devotees can go to shriamarnathjishrine.com/.
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena demanded the Jammu and Kashmir administration to exempt the pilgrims from paying toll tax on the toll plazas on Lakhanpur-Jammu-Srinagar freeway and to restore the nationwide freeway.
Keeping in thoughts the coronavirus scare, authorities in Kathua district on Friday (April 2) directed officers to guarantee correct evacuee administration of travellers getting into the Union Territory by way of Lakhanpur bordering Punjab.
The chief medical officer of Kathua was requested to guarantee 100 per cent sampling for COVID-19 of the travellers and enough workers for guaranteeing hassle-free administration at sampling counters at Lakhanpur.
The order, handed by District Magistrate and Chairman of District Disaster Management Authority, Kathua, Rahul Yadav, cited the rise in COVID-19 instances and the seemingly rise within the variety of travellers due to the upcoming Navratra pageant and Amarnath yatra.
(With PTI inputs)
