50 foreign devotees among fresh batch; 230-vehicle convoy rolls out under multi-layered security; total departures reach 99,287
Jammu, July 15: A fresh batch of 6,251 pilgrims, including 50 foreign devotees, left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu early Wednesday for the annual Amarnath Yatra amid multi-layered security arrangements.
According to details available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), 2,985 pilgrims opted for the Baltal route, while 3,266 proceeded towards the Nunwan base camp via the Pahalgam route.
Officials said the convoy comprised 230 vehicles, including 137 buses, 34 medium motor vehicles (MMVs) and 59 light motor vehicles (LMVs).
The batch included 4,439 men, 1,614 women, 13 children, 78 sadhus, 53 sadhvis, one child sadhu, three transgender pilgrims and 50 foreign male devotees.
The Baltal-bound convoy departed at 2:42 am, while the Pahalgam-bound convoy left at 3:27 am under elaborate security arrangements.
With the latest batch, the total number of pilgrims who have departed from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu for the holy cave shrine since the Yatra departures commenced on July 2 has reached 99, 287.
