Amid Tight Security And Chants, Pilgrims Embark On Sacred Amarnath Yatra In Kashmir | N18V

The first batch of Amarnath pilgrims have arrived here in Pelgam and from here they will proceed on foot and in different vehicles and some of them will choose different paths and go to the Amarnath Shine Cave. They have successfully arrived here. They left in the morning where left Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off these buses and now after taking that tedious ride from Jammu to Pelgam, they have arrived here and you know, massive security arrangements and several of them, you know, chanting slogans and then moving ahead and here you will see that all of them are wearing these RFID cards without registration. Government is ensuring that no one is allowed to go for yatra because of the security and other arrangements. Therefore, there are massive security as well as administrative arrangements that have been made for the smooth conduct of the yatra this year. What we have been also told is that the, you know, left in the governor is himself monitoring along with top officials of the police and administration. You know there are around 4603 yatris who will go to the holy grave shrine from two sides, one is in Sonamag, another in Pahalgam. They will proceed through that and reach their destination. From tomorrow morning, they will start walking towards that area and from the base camp, they will stay overnight here in Pahalgam and then proceed forward. So the yatra over two months will continue and then, you know, on the day of Raksha Mandan, the yatra will come to an end. But yes, arrangements are there. You will see many of them are, you know, happy that they have made it to Pahalgam. They have made it, they are raising slogans, J boliki and now moving onwards and the hundreds of them are proceeding forward who will spend their night here with the arrangements have been made and the security arrangements are also tied to ensure that you nothing untoward happens during their stay here in Belgaum. I have, I have these pilgrims with me have just arrived here, State government support. So as you see that that many of them are excited to take this journey from tomorrow. This is one of the important, you know, activity that takes place for the administration as well as the police and they will see that they are raising you know, slogans and moving ahead where the frisking will be done. And this is the way from where they will proceed. They will spend a night here and then take their this route towards the Amarna Shrine cave. You know massive number of them have arrived here. More than 4000 have left in the morning and then they have arrived here for security check. They have these RFID cards without which without restoration nobody is being allowed. And now they will proceed on their journey to the Amarnath shrine claim. Not an easy journey. Its a difficult terrain, not easy to navigate and move through. But yes, they are excited and looking forward taking this journey to the tickets. Yeah, or thank you so much. Amarnath pilgrims have reached their first destination in Kashmir, which is Belgaum in Minuan base camp. This is where the frisking and checking and scanning is done thoroughly to ensure a foolproof secure discussion of them are used by the by the without the card he or she has to scan these RFID cards. My camera and Bushiloon show you over there. The people are scanning RFID cards on that monitor there and without scanning these cards you're not allowed. If your number does not name does not prop up, you're not allowed. And that is why the government has ensured this way to keep Yatra safe and secure. Nobody without resolution is being allowed and four till 603 pilgrims have left to perform Yatra vistas tomorrow from the two routes you know have started arriving. This is that precisely that RFID card is one of these yatris is varying. This is an internal part of the government decision to ensure free and fair and also secure yatra provide a secure atmosphere. You know they started in junk in the morning. Where left the governor flagged off this particular first group of pilgrims. This is a very difficult journey that one has to take through high margin process. For some, it just takes a couple of days and there are difficult terrain that they have to negotiate. The weather is really cold and that's why health advisories and do's and don'ts have been published already by the government in Jammu and Kashmir. You know large number of them will come in the next couple of days and towards the middle part of August, the yatra will come to an end. But yes, a massive security challenge also where deployments have been made at multiple locations across S Kashmir, local central to ensure that Yatra remains peaceful in the past and you know 2017 was the time when it was attacked and since then the security situation has improved and on the ground security personnel have been deployed also numbers to ensure that yatra remains safe when the administration has geared up to provide every facility that they want with LG and Delhi directly monitoring the ground situation and getting minute by minute update with bushel loan and Pehlgaum Ishanmani Australia News 18.