JAMMU: Over 8 lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas within the final three years, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly used to be informed nowadays.
In a written respond to a question raised via National Conference MLA Mian Altaf Ahmad, Health Minister Bali Bhagat stated while the highest selection of three,52,771 pilgrims visited the cave shrine in 2015, the number fell to two,20,490 in 2016, the year which witnessed unrest within the valley following killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
However, he stated the number rose to two,60,003 final year.
Last year in July, a fear assault on a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims in Anantnag district of south Kashmir left seven pilgrims dead and 15 others injured.
The just about two month annual pilgrimage most often starts within the final week of June from the twin routes of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district.
While Pahalgam is the standard 45-km path to the cave shrine, majority of the pilgrims want the shortest 16- km direction from Baltal to pay their obeisance at the shrine, which houses the naturally shaped ice-lingam.
The minister stated the pilgrims are being supplied adequate medical amenities at quite a lot of places en direction the shrine.
Large selection of pilgrims availed medical amenities, he stated adding while 1,97,000 have been handled in OPD's in Kashmir final year, the number stood at 1,24,000 in 2016 and 1,74,000 in 2015.
In Jammu, 89,823 pilgrims have been handled in quite a lot of district health amenities final year against 89,311 within the earlier year, he stated.
He stated 16,984 availed the ability of in-patient department in Kashmir valley final year, while the selection of such patients used to be eight,651 in 2016 and 14,686 in 2015.
A total of eight,125 pilgrims had suffered accidents all through the pilgrimage final year against 6,348 in 2016 and 12,528 in 2015, the minister stated.
An enormous selection of pilgrims also availed the AYUSH facility made available via the government at quite a lot of camps en direction the shrine, the minister stated.
He stated while 23,161 pilgrims attended AYUSH camps final year, the number used to be 49,640 in 2016.
The minister stated the dept has over the years vigorously propagated the will for pilgrims to visit medical amenities while travelling on this top altitude house.
In a written respond to a question raised via National Conference MLA Mian Altaf Ahmad, Health Minister Bali Bhagat stated while the highest selection of three,52,771 pilgrims visited the cave shrine in 2015, the number fell to two,20,490 in 2016, the year which witnessed unrest within the valley following killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
However, he stated the number rose to two,60,003 final year.
Last year in July, a fear assault on a bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims in Anantnag district of south Kashmir left seven pilgrims dead and 15 others injured.
The just about two month annual pilgrimage most often starts within the final week of June from the twin routes of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district.
While Pahalgam is the standard 45-km path to the cave shrine, majority of the pilgrims want the shortest 16- km direction from Baltal to pay their obeisance at the shrine, which houses the naturally shaped ice-lingam.
The minister stated the pilgrims are being supplied adequate medical amenities at quite a lot of places en direction the shrine.
Large selection of pilgrims availed medical amenities, he stated adding while 1,97,000 have been handled in OPD's in Kashmir final year, the number stood at 1,24,000 in 2016 and 1,74,000 in 2015.
In Jammu, 89,823 pilgrims have been handled in quite a lot of district health amenities final year against 89,311 within the earlier year, he stated.
He stated 16,984 availed the ability of in-patient department in Kashmir valley final year, while the selection of such patients used to be eight,651 in 2016 and 14,686 in 2015.
A total of eight,125 pilgrims had suffered accidents all through the pilgrimage final year against 6,348 in 2016 and 12,528 in 2015, the minister stated.
An enormous selection of pilgrims also availed the AYUSH facility made available via the government at quite a lot of camps en direction the shrine, the minister stated.
He stated while 23,161 pilgrims attended AYUSH camps final year, the number used to be 49,640 in 2016.
The minister stated the dept has over the years vigorously propagated the will for pilgrims to visit medical amenities while travelling on this top altitude house.
Over 8 lakh pilgrims visited Amarnath shrine in last 3 yrs
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