New Delhi:
The annual Amarnath Yatra is facing a terror threat and the government is making all efforts to ensure security of the pilgrims, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said today.
The nearly two-month-long annual Amarnath Yatra is scheduled to begin on June 28.
The Home Minister said the government was taking precaution and sending additional forces to ensure safety and security of all pilgrims visiting the cave shrine. "All efforts will be made to ensure security of every pilgrim," he said.
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lieutenant General KT Parnaik had said on Monday that the Army has received inputs that terrorists might try to disrupt the
Yatra."Intelligence inputs which we are receiving suggest that they (terrorists) have intentions to disrupt the Yatra," he had said.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has also declared the entire Amarnath Yatra route in the state as "highly prone" to terror strikes and said it has directed security agencies to take necessary steps to ensure safety of pilgrims.
Meanwhile, Director General of Central Reserve Police Force, Pranay Sahay is in Jammu and Kashmir to review the security arrangement for the Yatra.