Security setup put in place for Amarnath yatra, no threat: DGP

June 21, 2014 15:47

Ruling out any specific threat with regard to the Amarnath yatra, Director General of Police (DGP), J&K K Rajindra Kumar today said elaborate security arrangements have been put in place at the ground level to deal with any challenges in connection with the yatra.

"There are no specific threat to Amarnath Yatra, but going by the inputs that used to come to us in the past few years, we are taking all necessary precautionary precautions. But there is nothing specific on records", DGP told reporters here today.

"All the security arrangements have been put in place for Amarnath yatra. The government of India (GoI) have made the forces available, which we needed for Amarnath yatra", he said.

This year's annual Amarnath pilgrimage in South Kashmir Himalayas will begin on June 28 this year and conclude on Raksha Bandhan falling on August 10.

"Central armed police forces have been put on our disposal, whose development on the ground has been made. All the routes have been inspected from Lakhanpur to Baltal and also from Phalagan routes, where the security setup have been put on the ground", DGP said.

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