Over 95,000 pilgrims have performed the ongoing AmarnathYatra in the last seven days, officials said. However, no fresh batch ofpilgrims was allowed to move from here on Monday due to the law and ordersituation.
Separatists have called for a protest shutdown on Monday tocommemorate the death of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani.
Wani was killed in Kokernag area of Anantnag district onJuly 8, 2016 in a gunfight with the security forces.
“No yatri convoy moved from Bhagwati Nagar Yatra Niwasin Jammu towards Kashmir Valley on Monday,” a police officer said.
To date, 95,923 pilgrims have performed the Amarnath Yatrasince it started on July 1. The 45-day long yatra will end on August 15,coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festival.
Situated at 3,888 metres above the sea-level in Kashmir’sHimalayas, the Amarnath cave shrine houses an ice stalagmite structure thatsymbolises mythical p owers of Lord Shiva, according to the devotees.
The ice stalagmite structure waxes and wanes with the phasesof the moon.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday saidthe annual Hindu pilgrimage has been possible with the support and assistanceof the local Muslims.
Malik also asked people to bear with the curbs imposed oncivilian traffic on the national highway for two hours daily as it concerns thesafety and the security of the pilgrims.
“You know what happened on the national highway onFebruary 14 this year,” Malik said while he referred to the terror strikeon the CRPF convoy in Pulwama district in which 40 troopers were killed.
Meanwhile, All India Radio (AIR) is starting an FM radiostation in the Baltal base camp to flash weather forecasts, traffic informationand devotional content for the information of the pilgrims.