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Amarnath Yatra resumes three days after Wani's killing
July 11, 2016
Just in: Amarnath Yatra resumes from Jammu base camp; buses are leaving Jammu Administration.
Earlier today, bout 23,000 pilgrims were stranded at base camps after darshan at
Amarnath shrine have been moved out to Jammu from where they will return
to their homes.
At least 15,000 pilgrims were still stranded in Jammu
for third day on Monday after the clashes began in the Kashmir Valley on
Friday.
Around 2,000 pilgrims who were stuck on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway are
now being escorted to the Baltal base camp located about 120 km from
state capital Srinagar, which is under curfew as are all 10 districts of
the Kashmir Valley after violent protests against the death of
terrorist Burhan Wani of the Hizbul Mujahideen, who was killed in an
intelligence-led police operation on Friday.
The arterial highway that connects the Valley with Jammu has been closed since Saturday, trains have been stopped and internet services are down. The pilgrims or yatris were moved out to Jammu via the highway on buses with police escort.
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