Jammu. Director General (DG) Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), chaired a meeting in Jammu to review security preparations before the Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the announcement of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), the 38 -day journey of the cave temple located at an altitude of 3,880 meters in South Kashmir will begin on July 3 and will end on August 9.
CRPF said on ‘X’, ‘Director General of CRPF G. P. Singh chaired an important meeting with senior CRPF officials at Jammu Sector Headquarters to evaluate security preparations for the Amarnath Yatra 2025.
The CRPF said that the arrangements have been inspected in detail to ensure the uninterrupted visit of the devotees. The Director General visited the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday and made a strategic review of the preparations to ensure the smooth operation of the journey. He also visited major pilgrimage sites including Aadhaar and transit camps, assessed the ground arrangements and confirmed the commitment to all the devotees safe, smooth and spiritually rich.
Amarnath cave can be traveled by two routes. One visit can be done via Pahalgam in Anantnag district of South Kashmir via a traditional 48 km route and the 14 -km -climbing 14 -km -climbing Baltal route in Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir. The Center has ordered the deployment of 580 companies with about 42,000 personnel of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) for the annual Amarnath Yatra.
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