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Yatra to remain suspended today

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 7/20/2013 1:01:27 AM

SRINAGAR, July 19- According to an official spokesman due to prevailing situation and restrictions imposed in the valley, the Amarnath yatra shall remain suspended for tomorrow also.
Following tension, no fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims was allowed today from Jammu for Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, police said.
Traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway was closed since midnight last night as a precautionary measure.
Divisional commissioner Kashmir Shalinder Kumar said yatra had to be suspended from Jammu due to the blockade of Srinagar-Jammu highway at several places.