In Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference has alleged that the Baltal- Amarnath Holy Cave route does not reveal any road widening or construction work being undertaken by the State government in the ecologically fragile Himalayan region.
A team of reporters was flown by the State government in a helicopter on the Balatal-Panjtarni-Holy Cave route for a first-hand account of the condition of the track leading to the 3,880-metre high cave, which attracts lakhs of pilgrims from across the country every year.
Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has claimed that construction material has been dumped along the route to the Amarnath Cave for creating permanent facilities, including a motorable road, for the yatries.
There seemed to be no changes in the track from Baltal to the Cave Shrine as was seen before the end of the annual yatra in August this year. The hardline Hurriyat leader has also claimed that he had photographic evidence about construction material which had been dumped along the routes following a direction of the Supreme Court.
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