Amarnath Yatra Update: Many pilgrims have died since the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra this year. With the death of five more Amarnath pilgrims during the last 24 hours, the death toll in this year’s Amarnath Yatra has risen to 19. Among the deaths due to natural causes, this is the highest number of deaths in a day during the journey.
According to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board officials, with these five deaths, the death toll in this year’s yatra has gone up to 19, including an ITBP officer and a serviceman on yatra duty.
While the Shrine Board issues regular medical guidelines for the pilgrims and others involved in providing various services during the yatra. Let us tell you that the most common reason for the death of Amarnath pilgrims is less oxygen at high altitude.
Most of the pilgrims died due to cardiac arrest and underlying medical conditions, officials said on Wednesday (July 12).
where how many deaths happened
While three deaths occurred on the Pahalgam route of the Yatra and two at different points on the Baltal route of the Amarnath Yatra. Four pilgrims were from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh among the dead, while one passenger has not been identified yet.
1,37,353 pilgrims have traveled
So far 1,37,353 pilgrims have visited the cave temple to have darshan of the naturally formed ice lingam. At the same time, after the Jammu-Srinagar highway was declared open for traffic, a new batch of more than 10,000 pilgrims left for the cave on Tuesday (July 12) morning.
Let us tell you that due to heavy and incessant rains last week, the highway was blocked due to landslides, floods and submergence of the road at many places.
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