JAMMU, Aug. 28 -- Congress today said that 35 lives of Vaishno Devi pilgrims could have been saved, had the authorities suspended the yatra in advance in view of the high weather alert and demanded a high level probe to fix the responsibility.
Addressing a joint press conference Working President JKPCC Shri Raman Bhalla, , Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, Former Minister Yogesh Sawhney, Ex-MLC I/c HQ Ved Mahajan expressed grave shock and concern over the Mata Vaishno Devi tragedy, clamming that the same could have been averted and the lives saved had the authorities suspended the yatra in advance knowing fully the high weather alert. They demanded the responsibility to be fixed in the serious matter.
Working President Shri Raman Bhalla...