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Amarnath yatra again temporarily suspended due to bad weather

<div><br />''</div>''<div>In Jammu & Kashmir, the Amarnath yatra has been again temporarily suspended due to bad weather, damaged tracks and slippery road condition, on both Pahalagam and Baltal routes.</div>''<div>At least seven Amarnath pilgrims were injured today in an accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in the Ramban district. The injured have been shifted to hospital.</div>''<div>Last evening, three Amarnath pilgrims were killed after landslide hit the Railpathri-Brarimarg mountainous Yatra track stretch. Two other Yatris died of cardiac arrest yesterday at the Baltal Base camp area in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district.</div>''<div>AIR correspondent reports that a Senior police official told AIR that restoration work on damaged track stretch between Domail and Sangam at two to three places along Baltal Route, is going on.  He said only after reviewing the weather and track condition, the yatra will be resumed keeping in view the safety of the pilgrims. Helicopter services remained in operation from Baltal Base Camp to transport approved number of pilgrims upto Panjtarni for onward journey towards holy cave. Meanwhile, a fresh batch of over 3700 pilgrims including over 600 women devotees today left Jammu for the Yatra.</div>

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