Amarnath Yatra suspended on Pahalgam and Baltal routes due to heavy rain and landslide

Earlier, five people were killed and three others suffered injuries in a landslide on the Baltal route of the Amarnath Yatra in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Amarnath pilgrims/ Image: PTI/ File

Srinagar:  The Amarnath Yatra was suspended on both Pahalgam and Baltal routes on Wednesday due to incessant rain and landslide in the region. In the Baltal route, yesterday's landslide is being cleared but the process is being hampered by continued rains. On Pehalgam route, the slippery track forced authorities once again to suspend the Amarnath Yatra. Earlier, five people were killed and three others suffered injuries in a landslide on the Baltal route of the Amarnath Yatra in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. The landslide hit between Railpatri and Brarimarg on the Baltal route where five people, four men and a woman, were killed, while three others were injured. Police says that the identities of the deceased and the injured were yet to be ascertained. Previously, a minor flash flood hit the car parking of the Baltal base camp, but there were no casualties.