India / Vaishno Devi Yatra to resume from today, 2,000 pilgrims allowed per day

Nearly five months after the Vaishno Devi Yatra was suspended as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Yatra will resume from Sunday. The shrine board has allowed the Yatra with 2,000 pilgrims during the first week. Out of these 2,000 visitors, 1,900 would be from Jammu and Kashmir and the remaining 100 from outside.

AIR : Aug 16, 2020, 01:14 PM
Katra: The pilgrimage to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine temple resumed today after remaining suspended for nearly five months in view of the Coronavirus Pandemic. The yatra was suspended on March 18.

As per the SOPs, every pilgrim will have to wear a face mask and face cover and install Aarogya Setu App on his/her mobile phone. Pilgrims will also have to undergo thermal scanning at Yatra entry points.

At the base camp in Katra, the devotees are coming in small numbers, but are excited with the start of the Yatra after a gap of five months.