All routes on the Amarnath Yatra which are blocked because of the on going violence over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani are likely to open by Tuesday, Union government sources have said.
The Pehalgam route was sanitised on Monday, with no pilgrim left stranded there. On the shorter Baltal route from Sonamarg 2000 pilgrims returned to base camp and another 2000 were on their way up, sources told CNN-News18.
Meanwhile, over 20,000 pilgrims stranded on the Jammu side of the Jawahar tunnel that connects to the Valley are got a go-ahead for darshan.
Hundreds of Amarnath pilgrims were stranded on both sides as the Jammu-Srinagar highway after being out of bounds for the third day. Some of them complained they were stuck without transport or any communication.
We performed the yatra on July 8. Around midnight on Monday night, we were told to leave the base camp. They told us to leave for Srinagar where buses were waiting for us to take us to Jammu," Pramod Kumar, a resident of Bihar, said.
Another pilgrim, Bansi Lal, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, said: "We have not been told anything after we reached Srinagar. There is no information available. We want to leave for Jammu but do not know how."
Officials said some yatris may have been tricked by cab drivers while many of the other were already on their way
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