Two Telugu pilgrims killed in Amarnath Yatra

Srinagar, Jul 08: In a tragic incident, Two pilgrims died due to natural causes, taking the death toll in this year's pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas to 14, police said today.

The information reported that The deceased woman pilgrim, Lakshmi Bhai (54), a resident of Hyderabad, died due to cardiac arrest at Baltal base camp of the Amarnath yatra in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir during the night, a police official said.

He said the body is lying at the base camp hospital.

Another pilgrim, Ravinder Nath (72), a resident of Andhra Pradesh, was taken ill and admitted to SKIMS hospital in Soura here. He passed away at the hospital today, the official said.

The death toll in this year's yatra, which began on 28 June, has now risen to 14.

The 60-day yatra to the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine of Amarnath began on June 28.

The Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), which manages the yatra, has made elaborate arrangements and the state administration and security agencies are lending support to ensure that the pilgrims do not face problems, the DGP said.

The DGP also conducted meeting with officers in district police headquarters Kathua, during which the yatra security, women's security and measures to fight crime were discussed.

Vaid also visited the yatra camp at Chan-Aroria and interacted with the pilgrims, the spokesman said, adding the yatris hailed efforts of the police and gave valuable feedback to the officers.