The Amarnath Yatra begins within the month of Sawan yearly. (File)
Srinagar:
Safety forces in Jammu and Kashmir have inputs about terrorists planning to hold out an assault on Amarnath Yatra, an Military officer stated on Friday, however asserted that “techniques and sources” have been in place to make sure that the annual pilgrimage goes on unhindered.
The officer stated it was solely befitting that Friday’s encounter, through which three terrorists, together with a self-styled commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, have been gunned down, befell simply 4 days earlier than the yatra is ready to begin on July 21.
“There are inputs that terrorists would strive their finest to focus on the yatra, however now we have received our techniques and sources in place to make sure that it goes on unhindered and peacefully,” Brigadier Vivek Singh Thakur, Commander, Two Sector, stated in a press convention in south Kashmir.
“We stay dedicated to make sure Amarnath Yatra might be performed peacefully with none hindrance and the safety scenario will proceed to stay beneath management,” he stated.
Brigadier Thakur stated the stretch of nationwide freeway 44 which might be utilized by the yatris proceed to stay delicate.
“This axis is a bit delicate. The yatris will take up this axis to go as much as Sonamarg (Ganderbal) and this (Baltal) is the one route which might be lively to go as much as the Amarnath cave,” he stated.
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