A team led by Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma visited camps of pilgrim, on their way to the holy shrine of Amarnath, to review medical facilities provided to them.The step comes after the rising number of deaths of devotees en route the cave shrine of Amarnath were reported this year.The team visited camps at Nunwan, Sheshnag, Panjtarni, Holy cave and Baltal yesterday. Expressing concern over the rising number of deaths of pilgrims on way to the holy shrine, the Supreme Court had yesterday sought explanation from the Centre and Jammu and Kashmir government on lack of proper medical facilities for them. As many as 83 pilgrims have died, mostly due to cardiac arrest since the commencement of the yatra on June 25.

Meanwhile Four Amarnath pilgrims were today injured when two vehicles collided on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district.

Besides, a fresh batch of 2,655 pilgrims today left for the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security.With today's batch, as many as 78,650 pilgrims have left Jammu for their onward journey to the Amarnath cave shrine.