Our Correspondents/
Ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra beginning 2nd July, Security along the two routes has been tightened. The security beef up is done in the wake of killing of the eight CRPF personnel in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
Top Home Ministry officials are in constant touch with Jammu and Kashmir government for ensuring security to pilgrims going to the cave shrine located in the Himalayan range at a height of 12,756 feet.
Anantnag Deputy Commissioner, Syed Abid Rasheed said, all arrangements are done and security is in place.
Meanwhile Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday to review the security scenario in the state as well as arrangements for Amarnath Yatra.
During the two day tour, Mr Singh will attend a high-level meeting with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, top civil, police and Army officers to take stock of the prevailing situation in the state, particularly after the Saturday’s deadly terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama district.
The Minister will be briefed about various steps being taken by the security agencies to tackle the militancy as well as infiltration from across the border.
The Home Ministry has already directed security forces to intensify vigil in the state. A three-member team, set up by the Home Minister, is currently visiting the state to look into lapses, if any, in the Pulwama incident so that corrective steps could be taken.
The Home Minister will also oversee the security arrangements being made along the two routes of Amarnath Yatra beginning Saturday.
As many as 12,500 central paramilitary personnel and 8,000 state policemen will be deployed along the two routes, one from South Kashmir’s Pahalgam and the other through Northeast Sonamarg.