700 Pilgrims Travel In 150 Helicopter Sorties On Amarnath Yatra Day 1
NDTV
Earlier, helicopter services were operational for only two sectors from Neelgarh and Pahalgam.
Over 7,000 pilgrims visited "Barfani Baba" on Day 1 of the Amarnath Yatra which commenced this year after a gap of two years. Of the 7,000, as many as 700 reached the base camp of Panchtarni in over 150 sorties by helicopters.
As per government data, the maximum number of sorties - almost 100 - were made on the Baltal route followed by Pahalgam (46). Only, five sorties were reported via the new route from Humhama.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration added the new route - Humhama to Neelgarh/Pahalgam this year and have claimed that pilgrims can visit the shrine and come back the same day. "Only five sorties took place from Humhama," a senior officer told NDTV.
According to him, choppers from Humhama land either in Neelgarh (near Baltal base camp) or Pahalgam and from there, yatris fly to Panchtarni.
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