Fresh batch of over 9,000 pilgrims leaves Jammu base camp for Amarnath

JAMMU 11 Jul : The 10th batch of 9,182 pilgrims, including 2,435 women, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday to pay obeisance at the holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said.

The pilgrims also included 256 sadhus, 46 sadhvis and 31 children. They left for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam in Anantnag and Baltal in Ganderbal in separate convoys under tight security arrangements in the early hours of the day, they said.

While 5,877 pilgrims are heading for the Pahalgam base camp in a convoy of 206 vehicles, 3,305 pilgrims onboard 127 vehicles have preferred the Baltal route, according to officials.