Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 2 (ANI): The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra continued to stay suspended for the eighth consecutive day on Tuesday on account of persistent unhealthy climate circumstances within the Trikuta hills within the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Authorities have restricted the motion of pilgrims from the Katra base camp as a precautionary measure on account of security considerations arising from steady rainfall, landslides, and flash floods within the area.
The suspension has left the bottom camp and adjoining areas with a abandoned look, as many devotees look ahead to the resumption of the pilgrimage. The Reasi district administration and shrine board officers are intently monitoring the scenario, whereas restoration work on broken routes and roads is underway.
On August 27, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi yatra was suspended on account of a landslide that killed 34 individuals and heavy rainfall. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered the structure of a high-level three-member committee to analyze the causes of the landslide.
Shaleen Kabra, Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Jal Shakti, Jammu and Kashmir, will head the committee, which incorporates the Divisional Commissioner and the Inspector General of Police, Jammu.
According to an official order, the committee additionally contains the Divisional Commissioner and the Inspector General of Police, Jammu.
The committee has been tasked with conducting an in depth investigation and submitting its report inside two weeks to LG Sinha, who can also be the chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), it mentioned.
The order has said that the Committee shall study intimately the causes and causes behind the incident and level out any lapses, assess responses within the type of rescue and aid measures undertaken, and recommend acceptable SOPs and measures for stopping recurrence of such incidents sooner or later, the order mentioned.
Jammu and Kashmir proceed to face widespread destruction on account of heavy rains and rain-induced landslides, with restoration work ongoing.
On Monday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Jammu and Kashmir to assessment the flood scenario in a high-level assembly at Raj Bhavan, Jammu. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Leader of the Opposition Sunil Sharma, and others had been current.
Following the assembly, Shah carried out an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Jammu. He additionally inspected the situation of the 4th Tawi bridge, a part of which was washed away throughout the floods brought on by incessant heavy rainfall.
Shah met with flood-affected residents of Mangu Chak village throughout his go to. (ANI)