Jammu, July 22: The month-long Amarnath yatra has been suspended for two to three days due to inclement weather on the pilgrimage route leaving about 7,000 pilgrims stranded here, official sources said today.

Senior officers decided to suspend the yatra for two or three days after receiving reports about bad weather along the highway and Pahalgam onwards to the cave shrine, they said. Pilgrims all over the country have been advised to leave for the base camp here only after ascertaining the status of the yatra, an official release said.

The sources said about 7,000 pilgrims, awaiting their turn to embark on the yatra, have been stranded here.

Arrangements have been made for their lodging in community halls and government schools in the city, they said. Earlier, authorities had suspended today`s yatra and decided to allow pilgrims to proceed for the shrine from here tomorrow.

The yatra commenced on July 19. So far, 10,297 pilgrims have left Jammu for the holy shrine.

Bureau Report