Jammu, July 13: A fresh batch of more than 7700 pilgrims on Monday left from the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas base camp in Jammu for the twin base camps of the cave shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security arrangements.

Officials said that 7724 pilgrims early this morning left the Jammu base camp in a fleet of 303 vehicles comprising Light Motor and Heavy Motor Vehicles.
The batch comprised 2896 pilgrims for Baltal and 4828 for Pahalgam left for the pilgrimage under a multi-layered security grid, with coordinated arrangements by the civil administration, police, security forces and the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board to ensure the Yatra is conducted safely, securely and smoothly.
Around 2.50 lakh yatris from different parts of the country visited the cave shrine during the last eight days since the yatra started.
Jammu and Kashmir administration has appealed to the pilgrims to perform the pilgrimage only after confirmed registration and on the scheduled date of yatra as no unregistered pilgrim shall be allowed to proceed to the base camps.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha flagged off the first batch of yatra on July 2 from Jammu.