Border Security Force (BSF) jawans keep watch on the Jammu-Srinagar Natoinal Highway ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra, near Jammu on July 21, 2020.
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The Board shall continue the live telecast and virtual darshan of the morning and evening aarti.
The Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) on Tuesday decided to cancel the annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“The pandemic has put the health administration system to its limit. The spike has been particularly very sharp in July. Health workers and security forces are also getting infected and the focus of the entire medical, civil and police administration at the moment is on containing the local transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Board decided with heavy heart that it is not advisable to hold and conduct this year’s Amarnath Yatra”, a SASB spokesman said.
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The Board was aware of and respects the sentiments of millions of devotees. “To keep the religious sentiments alive, t