{"id":32182,"date":"2025-09-01T11:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=32182"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:53:14","slug":"mata-vaishnodevi-yatra-remains-suspended-for-7th-day-amid-heavy-rains-in-katra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/mata-vaishnodevi-yatra-remains-suspended-for-7th-day-amid-heavy-rains-in-katra\/","title":{"rendered":"Mata Vaishnodevi Yatra Remains Suspended For 7th Day Amid Heavy Rains In Katra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu, Sept 1: Amid heavy rainfall in Katra town on Monday, the pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine remained suspended for the seventh consecutive day in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Reasi district since a landslide on a yatra route claimed 34 lives last Tuesday.<br \/>\nThe Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board said it has cancelled all bookings, including helicopters and accommodations, with a 100 per cent refund until the yatra is resumed.<br \/>\n\u201cYatra has remained suspended for the past one week. Bad weather conditions still persist, so the decision to continue the suspension of yatra has been taken keeping in view the safety of pilgrims,\u201d an official said.<br \/>\nHeavy rains began in Katra and the Trikuta hills, the abode of the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, on Monday.<br \/>\nHelicopter services from Katra to Bhawan, ropeway rides from Bhawan to Bhairon Ghati, hotel accommodations, and other yatra-related bookings have all been cancelled, officials said.<br \/>\n\u201cAll bookings stand cancelled with 100 percent refund until the yatra is suspended. Send cancellation requests with details to refund@maavaishnodevi.net .<br \/>\n\u201cEarlier self-cancellations will receive pending refunds within 15 days,\u201d the Board announced on X.<br \/>\nReasi district is one of the worst-hit areas in the Union Territory due to the current spell of heavy rains. A landslide triggered by a cloudburst struck the route to the shrine at Adhkuwari in the Trikuta hills of the Katra belt last Tuesday, killing 34 pilgrims and injuring 20 others.<br \/>\nThe yatra was suspended on Tuesday last till further orders. It was followed by the constitution of a high-level three-member inquiry committee by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.<br \/>\nThe committee will be spearheaded by Shaleen Kabra, Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Jal Shakti, J&amp;K, and will also include the Divisional Commissioner and the Inspector General of Police, Jammu.<br \/>\nChief Minister Omar Abdullah and Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary had accused the Lieutenant Governor administration of allowing the yatra to the cave shrine despite a warning on the weather front.<br \/>\nThe Shrine Board has refuted allegations of allowing the yatra to proceed in disregard of weather advisories and at the cost of pilgrim safety, saying that the pilgrimage was suspended at noon on August 26, ahead of the cloudburst that triggered the landslide.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32183\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32183\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"Mata Vaishnodevi Yatra Remains Suspended For 7th Day Amid Heavy Rains In Katra\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-1024x539.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-549x289.jpg 549w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-470x248.jpg 470w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-233x123.jpg 233w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-230x121.jpg 230w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-360x190.jpg 360w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1-100x53.jpg 100w, https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mata-Vaishno-1536x809-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mata Vaishnodevi Yatra Remains Suspended For 7th Day Amid Heavy Rains In Katra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu, Sept 1: Amid heavy rainfall in Katra town on Monday, the pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine remained suspended for the seventh consecutive day in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Reasi district since a landslide on a yatra route claimed 34 lives last Tuesday. The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board said it has cancelled all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32183,"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-32182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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>Mata Vaishnodevi Yatra Remains Suspended For 7th Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Amid heavy rainfall in Katra town on Monday, the pilgrimage to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine remained suspended for the 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