Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha and Niteshwar Kumar, chief government officer of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) and principal secretary to LG, will maintain a gathering of the Board on Sunday to deliberate upon length and dates for the following annual Amarnath pilgrimage.

“The Board will meet at 12 pm on Sunday at the Raj Bhawan in Jammu, where Sinha, Kumar and ACEO Rahul Singh besides other officials will deliberate upon the ensuing pilgrimages and take a call on its duration and dates,” stated a senior official.

After remaining suspended in 2020 and 2021 as a consequence of Covid pandemic, this yr the administration has deliberate to carry a full-fledged pilgrimage. Last yr, it had determined to carry a 56-day annual Yatra from June 28 to August 22, concurrently alongside each the Baltal and Chandanwari routes, nevertheless it was referred to as off as a consequence of raging Covid pandemic.

“It is expected that the LG and Board officials will announce the dates and duration after the meeting,” he added.

It could also be acknowledged right here that the Amarnath Yatri Niwas at Chanderkote in Ramban district has been readied and the LG will inaugurate it earlier than Baisakhi or within the ensuing Navratri pageant. The executing company CPWD has raised the infrastructure at a price of 32.16 crore. The Yatri Niwas has 17 blocks and in every block 216 pilgrims will be accommodated in six dormitories.

This yr, the administration has began making ready for a full-fledged pilgrimage to the cave shrine at an altitude of 13,000 toes in south Kashmir Himalayas. Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has introduced the graduation of registration of pilgrims by way of on-line mode from April.

The on-line registration will begin by means of banks in April with a restrict of 20,000 registrations mounted per day, whereas on the spot registrations may even be held at designated counters throughout Yatra days.

Radio frequency identification (RFID)-based monitoring shall be put in place for the motion of autos through the pilgrimage this yr. “RFID shall ensure the safety of pilgrims by tracking movement of the vehicles and pilgrims. The RFID tag cards will be issued to all the pilgrims,” stated the official.

He additionally knowledgeable that SASB shall additionally present free battery automobile service to the pilgrims for two.75 kms lengthy Baltal to Domel stretch and vice versa.