First batch of 3,000 pilgrims leave for Amarnath Yatra
The first batch of nearly 3,000 pilgrims in a fleet of around 110 vehicles left the base camp in Jammu for the annual 60-day pilgrimage to Amarnath on Wednesday. Over 40,000 security personnel from Jammu and Kashmir Police, paramilitary, National Disaster Response Force and the Army, have been deployed for this year's pilgrimage.