Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday visited the Nunwan base camp to oversee efforts for the resumption of Amarnath yatra which has been suspended in the aftermath of the floods
As the rescue operations continued after a cloudburst struck the area near the holy shrine of Amarnath with at least 10 dead, the Chief Operating Officer of the Amarnath Shrine board said that the rescued pilgrims were being taken to safe places and NDRF teams and Indian Army helicopters were at the rescue spot to help the pilgrims and have saved three people in the rescue operation."This is an unfortunate incident. Our focus is to rescue the pilgrims and take them to safe places. NDRF helpline numbers are active. Rescue work is underway. Army helicopters are also in action. Search operation is on," said CEO Amarnath Shrine Board, Nitishwar Kumar.The NDRF chief informed that the NDRF team immediately engaged in the rescue work and three people have been rescued so far."One NDRF team is always deployed near the holy cave, it immediately engaged in the rescue work. One more team has been deployed & another is on its way. 10 casualties reported so far; 3 rescued alive," said NDRF ..
The bus carrying the pilgrims skidded off the road, turned turtle and rolled down into a nullah