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6 more pilgrims die; toll rises to 67
KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 7/12/2012 1:02:58 AM
SRINAGAR, July 11: With the death of six more pilgrims today the toll during this year's pilgrimage rose to 67. In the meanwhile 61,043 pilgrims have left Jammu for their onward journey to the cave shrine of Amarnath.
Body of an unidentified Sadhu was recovered from a tent at Panjtarni, six kms short of the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine, along the 46-km traditional Pahalgam route, this morning, the officials said.
One of the pilgrims, 50-year-old Prem Chand, a resident of Punjab, died after being hit by a shooting stone, rolling down from a hillock, while crossing Brarimarg glacier on 16-km Baltal-cave route in Ganderbal district last evening, they said.
Another two, Subash Chand (45) and Subash Babu (62), both residents of Uttar Pradesh, died of cardiac arrest at Railpathri and Brarimarg respectively, on Baltal route, last night.
Hari Bhai (50) of Gujarat and Bhim Singh (72) of Haryana also died along the Baltal route last night.
Over 3.90 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance since the pilgrimage to the 3,880-mt high holy cave shrine began from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on June 25.
KTNS Jammu adds: Amid tight security, a fresh batch of 4,186 pilgrims today left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas.
The pilgrims comprising 2,699 men, 929 women, 64 children and 494 'sadhus' left in a cavalcade of 127 vehicles from Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu at around 0500 hours.
With today's batch, as many as 61,043 pilgrims have left Jammu for their onward journey to the cave shrine of Amarnath.