ByPress Belief of India, New Delhi
Could 30, 2025 10:08 AM IST
The Union dwelling ministry, officers informed information company PTI, has directed that these forces transfer “immediately” and take place in Jammu and Kashmir by the second week of June
The Centre has ordered deployment of 580 firms, comprising about 42,000 on-ground personnel, of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources stated on Thursday.
The Amarnath Yatra will start on July 3 and finish on August 9. (PTI)
Whereas 424 firms are being despatched to the union territory (UT), the remainder, together with about 80 firms that moved to the UT throughout Operation Sindoor, shall be “relocated” to safe the yatra route, the pilgrims and different areas, together with Srinagar, they stated.
The Amarnath Yatra will start on July 3 and finish on August 9. The safety deployment plan for the pilgrimage is being ready retaining in thoughts the challenges rising from the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist assault by which 26 individuals, largely vacationers, had been killed, they stated.
“The Union home ministry has decided to deploy about 580 CAPF companies for the Amarnath Yatra this time. This includes about 150-160 units already present in the UT,” a senior officer stated.
The businesses are drawn from 5 CAPFs of CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP and SSB. Every of those firms have an operational power of about 70-75 personnel, he stated.
CRPF Director Basic (DG) Gyanendra Pratap Singh had reviewed the preparations for the Amarnath Yatra over the week when he was in Kashmir. BSF DG Daljit Singh Chawdhary too is anticipated to carry a evaluation of border safety and the yatra in Srinagar.
The 38-day yatra, which results in the three,880-metre-high holy cave housing a naturally fashioned ice-shivling, is about to begin on July 3.
Pilgrims can select between the standard 48-km route from Pahalgam within the Anantnag district or the shorter however steeper 14-km Baltal route within the Ganderbal district.
