<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The annual Amarnath Yatra will begin from both Baltal and Pahalgam routes in Jammu and Kashmir today, amidst tight security. The yatra was scheduled to begin early this morning, but it has been delayed due to bad weather. Joint Police Control Room officials at the camps told AIR that continuous rain in the Baltal Sonamarg area in Ganderbal district and Nunwan Pahalgam area in Anantnag district, has made the roads on Yatra routes slippery and unsafe. They said, the yatra will begin after the weather improves.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The first batch of nearly 3,000 pilgrims, who left for the Kashmir valley from Jammu yesterday morning, have reached the twin base camps.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">The yatra will formally begin with the traditional Pratham Puja by the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board Chairman and Governor NN Vohra at the holy cave. The two-month long yatra will culminate on Sawan Purnima coinciding with Raksha Bandhan on 26th August.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman,times,serif;">Authorities have put in place a multi-layered security arrangement for the pilgrimage.</span></p>