JK News Today
Jammu, June 09 :
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are scheduled to meet Thursday morning in which a decision is likely to be taken regarding the conduct of the Amarnath yatra 2021 amidst the backdrop of declining Covid-19 cases and the caution suggested by health experts.
The informed sources said that the Home Ministry has gathered all the inputs regarding the situation in Jammu and Kashmir with regard to security and also the data about the covid cases. For the past few days, the number of cases has come down to three digits in the Union Territory as against 5,000 pls last month .
Further inputs were shared by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and important functionaries of J&K in their meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday in which a detailed discussion was held on all matters , including expediting the work of the Delimitation Commission, and Amarnath Yatra.
The route to the cave shrine of Amarnath where , as the myth goes, Lord Shiva had narrated the tale of immortality to his consort Parvati from Baltal side has been cleared of snow, while the work is going on the traditional route from Pahalgam to the shrine. Some work remains to be done at Panctarni that is just 6 kms short of the shrine.
Health experts, however, have suggested that pilgrimage should be opened only for those pilgrims and service providers who have had two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. They have warned any laxity on this count .
It is understood that all these suggestions would be taken into account while taking a decision on the yatra, that was not held last year due to the pandemic of coronavirus
