Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday took a detailed review of the preparations being made for a smooth conduct of the upcoming Amarnath pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. The 62-day-long annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south Kashmir Himalayas, will begin on July 1 and continue till August 31.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the Army’s Northern Command chief Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka were among the top functionaries who attended the meeting.
The home minister reviewed the preparations for the Amarnath pilgrimage with top officials of the central government, Army and the Jammu and Kashmir administration, the sources said.
Shah also took stock of the plans being formulated to ensure foolproof security for the pilgrimage, they said.
According to the sources, there have been intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based terrorist groups may try to disrupt the pilgrimage.
All stakeholders of the pilgrimage have taken part in the meeting and all issues relating to arrangements being made for it have been been discussed.
