Amarnath Yatra: 'Bam Bam Bhole' chants echo through Yatri Niwas as LG Sinha flags off first batch of pilgrims
Enthusiasm was visible among the devotees who boarded the buses for onwards journeys.
Chanting 'Bam Bam Bhole' and 'Har Har Mahadev', the devotees expressed happiness at the start of the yatra.
A senior official announced the establishment of 60 RFID centres in five prominent districts within the Jammu region.
He also added that the yatra will be allowed only via road under proper regulation by the administration and security forces, adding that elaborate arrangements have been put in place in the Bhagwati Nagar Yatra camp, where the Yatris will arrive before leaving in convoys for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps.
A total of 141 lodgment centres have also been established in Jammu Division with adequate civic amenities and security arrangements, while 52 langars and 60 RFID centres are made functional in Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur and Ramban Districts, and five registration centres with a token centre at Saraswati Dham are also made operational in Jammu, he added.
However, the convoy was escorted by security forces from Jammu to the base camps in Kashmir.
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