Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha over the cloudburst near Amarnath cave.
NDRF teams are being sent there for relief operations and an accurate assessment of the situation, he wrote on Twitter after speaking to Sinha.
The Amarnath Yatra was cancelled this year for the second year in a row amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
However, all the traditional religious rituals will be performed at the Holy Cave Shrine, as per past practice.
“It’s important to save people’s lives. So, it is not advisable to hold and conduct this year’s pilgrimage in the larger public interest,” the Lieutenant Governor’s office had stated while announcing the cancellation of the pilgrimage.
Cloudburst in J&K’s Kishtwar
Earlier, on Wednesday, seven people were reported dead and over 25 missing, following a cloudburst in a remote village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar.
As per PTI, officials have stated that rescue teams have been…