Srinagar, June 17 : Over 4500 pilgrims today braved incessant rains and light snowfall to pay obeisance at the Amarnath cave shrine in South Kashmir, even as a landslide on way to it left two porters dead and three others injured and the yatra remained suspended from Jammu for the second day.
The landslide struck Kanchi Morh near Brari Marg, 110 kms from here, around 6 AM when a group of porters were going towards the 3,880 metre high shrine to bring the pilgrims back from there, official sources said.
While Ghulam Rasool Wani, a resident of Ganderbal, died instantly, another porter identified as Riyaz Ahmad of Rajouri succumbed to injuries at Soura Medical institute, they said.
Three other porters who were also injured in the incident were discharged after first aid, the sources said.
Brari Marg was lashed by snowfall yesterday forcing authorities to stop 4,000 pilgrims from proceeding to the cave shrine and ensure their return to the base camp at Baltal.
The sources said the debris of the landslide was cleared immediately and the second batch of 8000 pilgrims were allowed to proceed from the base camp.
However, only 4540 of them could make it to the cave shrine and pay obeisance as the rest of them returned to the base camp due to inclement weather and are expected to resume their journey towards the cave tomorrow, the sources said.
As many as 7,592 pilgrims visited the cave shrine yesterday and offered their prayers, a spokesman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) said. Ze
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