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Nation Posted On Thursday, June 03, 2010 | United News of India
Srinagar, June 3:
The major portion of the traditional Pahalgam track to holy Amarnath cave shrine situated at 3,952 mts was still under snow.
Meanwhile, Governor NN Vohra, who is the Chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), today visited Panjtarni and Baltal and took stock of the various infrastructural and logistical facilities being provided for two-month-long 2010-pilgrimage commending from July 1.
Official sources said here today that the major portion of the 48 km-long track from Pahalgam to holy cave was still under snow.
The authorities have already put into service hundreds of labourers and other workers to make the track fully prepared by July 1 when the first batch will leave for the cave shrine.
Meanwhile, today morning the Governor flew to Panjtarni, situated at 3,657 mts above sea level, where he held discussions with the sanitation experts, Public Health Engineers (PHE), Engineers of the Shrine Board and others, the arrangements which were required to be established at this new base camp for those flying in helicopters.
He went around the Panjtarni camp, which is still under fairly heavy snow and issued instructions to his Principal Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the SASB Raj Kumar Goyal and all other concerned officers to timely ensure the required arrangements.
On way from Panjtarni to Baltal, the Governor undertook an aerial reconnaissance of the track to assess the status of snowmelt and the likely time required for making this route to the Holy Cave fully functional.
The Governor spent nearly two hours at the Baltal Base Camp.
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