India, June 11 -- Around 1,200 personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) were finally set to board a second special train that will take them to Jammu on Wednesday evening, two days after the first train sent to pick them up was found to be unfit for passengers.

The 13 companies of BSF, which will be deployed along the route of the Amarnath Yatra, were to board the train from Agartala and Udaipur (both in Tripura), and Silchar and Guwahati (in Assam). After the first train sent by Indian Railways for their travel on Monday was found to be in poor shape, officials aware of the matter said the railways sent another train from Jammu.

A BSF officer aware of the matter said: "Around 1200 jawans were set to leave from different parts of No...