{"id":30379,"date":"2025-07-01T12:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=30379"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:02:46","slug":"lg-manoj-sinha-to-flag-off-first-batch-of-amarnath-yatra-pilgrims-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/lg-manoj-sinha-to-flag-off-first-batch-of-amarnath-yatra-pilgrims-on-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"LG Manoj Sinha To Flag Off First Batch Of Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims On Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu, Jul 1: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha will flag off the first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims for the twin base camps in Kashmir from here amid tight security on Wednesday.<br \/>\nThe 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high shrine will commence on July 3 from the Valley via the twin tracks \u2014 the traditional 48-kilometre Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the shorter (14 kilometres) but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal district. The yatra will conclude on August 9.<br \/>\nAccording to officials, more than 3,31,000 devotees have registered for this year\u2019s yatra so far.<br \/>\nOn-the-spot registration of devotees arriving here for the pilgrimage has also started. Nearly 4,000 tokens have been distributed during the past two days, the officials said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe first batch of the yatra will leave the Jammu base camp in Bhagwati Nagar for Kashmir tomorrow. It will be flagged off by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha,\u201d said Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar.<br \/>\nThe devotees will be ferried to the twin base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal amid heavy security escort, traffic restrictions and area domination along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the officials said.<br \/>\nTraffic restrictions will be imposed on various routes from July 2 to August 9, with daily advisories issued to minimise inconvenience, a traffic officer said, adding that cut-off timings have been fixed for each sector on the highway, which is monitored through CCTVs.<br \/>\nOver 3,500 pilgrims have reached the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here, according to the officials.<br \/>\nThe LG, who is also the chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), reviewed the security and other arrangements for the yatra at a high-level meeting, the officials said.<br \/>\nChief Secretary Atal Dulloo also visited the base camp in Jammu and said that all arrangements have been put in place for a peaceful pilgrimage.<br \/>\nJammu has been put under a security blanket with enhanced security measures, including a multi-layer security grid and the use of technology for surveillance.<br \/>\nJammu and Kashmir Police\u2019s Security Wing has taken charge of the Bhagwati Nagar base camp while the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is managing security around the base camp.<br \/>\nThe Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu serves as the primary base camp for pilgrims from across the country before they proceed to the cave shrine of Amarnath nestled in the majestic Himalayas of south Kashmir.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30380\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30380\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LG-MANOJ-SINHA-PICTURE-1536x965-1-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"LG Manoj Sinha To Flag Off First Batch Of Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims On Wednesday\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LG Manoj Sinha To Flag Off First Batch Of Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims On Wednesday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu, Jul 1: Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha will flag off the first batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims for the twin base camps in Kashmir from here amid tight security on Wednesday. The 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high shrine will commence on July 3 from the Valley via the twin tracks \u2014 the traditional 48-kilometre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,15,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-header","category-jammu-and-kashmir","category-national"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LG To Flag Off First Batch Of Amarnath Yatra Pilgrims On Wed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha will flag off the 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