The Supreme Court today granted two weeks' time to Jammu and Kashmir government to take a decision on measures to be adopted for making the annual Amarnath Yatra safe.

A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar asked the state government to take a decision on the various recommendations made by a high power committee appointed by the apex court.

It posted the case for further hearing on October 12.

The apex court on July 20 had set up a committee to recommend measures to prevent the growing number of casualties
among Amarnath pilgrims saying it has become a permanent problem and a regular affair.

The court had passed the order after taking suo motu note of media reports of pilgrims' deaths allegedly due to lack of

proper facilities and medical care for them.