Jammu, Aug 8 : The Amarnath Yatra was suspended from Jammu on Saturday due to inclement weather, forecast of heavy rain officials said.
No fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to leave the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the Kashmir Valley this morning, they said.
The administration is monitoring the situation and will review the movement of pilgrims based on weather conditions and the status of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all-weather road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country, officials added.
More than 4.75 lakh pilgrims have so far visited the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine since the yatra began on July 3. The 57-day pilgrimage is scheduled to conclude on August 28, coinciding with Raksha Bandhan.
The local Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places in the Jammu region till August 11, with the possibility of flash floods and landslides, officials said.
Despite light to moderate rain early Saturday, traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was plying smoothly, they added. (KNS)
