Jammu suspends Amarnath yatra

JAMMU — The Amarnath yatra was suspended from Jammu on Saturday due to law and order situation in the Kashmir Valley.

“The yatra has been suspended from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu due to law and order situation in the Kashmir Valley,” a senior police officer said.

The yatra is continuing from Baltal and Pahalgam base camps.

A total of 25,294 pilgrims and sadhus have left Jammu for Amarnath in eight batches since the yatra began. —