Amarnath Yatra suspended due to snowfall, landslides

JAMMU: The Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was suspended on Sunday due to heavy snowfall and multiple landslides on the route to the Himalayan cave shrine, a police official said.

"We have suspended the yatra due to heavy snowfall at three places and landslides at three other places last night on the 46-km Pahalgam-Amarnath track in south Kashmir," Deputy Inspector General (south Kashmir) Himant Lohia said.

Lohia, who is monitoring the yatra and weather conditions, said, "No movement will be allowed till the weather conditions improve and the track is cleared."

He said no pilgrim was stranded in the snow-bound or landslide-hit areas en route to the shrine.