Jammu: The annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was stopped on Sunday due to inclement weather, police said.
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides leading to the blockade of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Gangroo in Udhampur district.
"No yatri was allowed to proceed towards the Kashmir valley due to blockade of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway," police told news agency IANS.
It has been raining heavily in the Jammu region and the valley since Sunday morning.
Heavy rains have resulted in a rise in the water levels in most rivers and water bodies in the region.
The yatra from both the north Kashmir Baltal and south Kashmir Pahalgam base camps has been halted.
"No pilgrim will be allowed to move towards the cave shrine from either of the base camps till the weather improves," said a government official in Srinagar.
So far around 1,50,000 pilgrims have gone for this year's Amarnath Yatra. The Himalayan cave shrine is situated 14,500 feet above the sea level in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
The Yatra which began on July 2 will end on August 29.
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides leading to the blockade of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Gangroo in Udhampur district.
"No yatri was allowed to proceed towards the Kashmir valley due to blockade of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway," police told news agency IANS.
Heavy rains have resulted in a rise in the water levels in most rivers and water bodies in the region.
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"No pilgrim will be allowed to move towards the cave shrine from either of the base camps till the weather improves," said a government official in Srinagar.
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The Yatra which began on July 2 will end on August 29.
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