Amarnath Yatra registration to begin May 7
The registration of pilgrims for this year’s Amarnath Yatra will begin on May 7 through 174 designated branches of three banks, including the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, across the country. The pilgrimage to the 12,729-foot-high cave shrine in the Kashmir Himalayas will officially commence simultaneously along both the shorter Baltal via Srinagar and the traditional Pahalgam-Chandanwari in southern Valley routes on June 25 and conclude on August 2, coinciding with Raksha Bandhan.
The authorities have also made Internet-based e-registration facility available to the pilgrims and the system would be put in use on May 7 itself. Jammu and Kashmir governor N.N. Vohra, who is also the chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), held a review meeting with the concerned officials, including Navin K. Choudhary, Preet Pal Singh, CEO and additional CEO of the board, respectively, and its other concerned in Jammu after which the schedule for registration was announced on Saturday.
Mr Choudhary said the registration of the pilgrims will be done at 121 designated branches of the J&K Bank, 49 branches of Yes Bank and 4 district cooperative banks. The list of the registration centres and other details of the mandatory process are being placed on the board’s website, www.shriamarnathjishrine.com, he said. He reiterated that the yatra schedule has been decided on the recommendations of the SASB’s sub-committee set up for the purpose with the Art of Living guru, Sri Sri Ravishankar, as its chairman.
Each pilgrim wishing to undertake the arduous journey through rugged hills would be required to submit a health certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner. This has been necessitated because as many as 45,68 and 107 pilgrims lost their lives during the yatra in the 2009, 2010 and 2011. “The board has decided that each intending pilgrim should undergo a compulsory health check-up and furnish health certificate at the time of registration,” a statement said.
This requirement had also been advised by the National Disaster Management Authority, it added.
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