Amarnath Yatra 2023: After the death of three pilgrims on Monday (July 17) during the ascent of the Amarnath Yatra, the death toll during the yatra has gone up to 30. With more than 20 thousand pilgrims visiting on Monday, the total number of pilgrims in this year’s Amarnath Yatra has crossed the figure of 2 lakh 50 thousand.
According to officials, a fresh batch of 6,225 passengers left Jammu for the Valley on Tuesday morning in a escorted convoy. Out of these, 2511 are going to North Kashmir Baltal Base Camp while 3,714 are going to Pahalgam Base Camp while on Monday a total of 2 lakh 50 thousand 27 pilgrims have completed the darshan of the holy Amarnath cave.
A total of 30 people have died so far
Meanwhile, three pilgrims died on Monday, taking the death toll to 30 during the current Yatra since this year’s Amarnath Yatra began on July 1. Of the three people who died on Monday, two died of natural causes, while the third pilgrim died of unspecified causes, officials said. One of the dead was from Uttar Pradesh, the other from Rajasthan and the third from Madhya Pradesh.
2 people died on 16 July
Yatris reach the Himalayan cave temple either by the traditional south Kashmir Pahalgam route (43 km) or from the north Kashmir Baltal base camp, which involves a 13 km trek to the cave temple located 3888 m above sea level. This year’s 62-day Amarnath Yatra began on July 1 and will end on August 31 with the Raksha Bandhan festival. Earlier, two more people died during the Amarnath Yatra climb on Sunday, the official said, adding that Urmilaben Modi (53) was killed on Saturday after being hit by a falling stone at the bottom of the cave shrine of Amarnath. In another incident, Meghnath (65), a resident of Chhattisgarh, was found unconscious on the Pahalgam road leading to the temple on Sunday.
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