India, June 26 -- Registrations for this year's Amarnath Yatra have dropped by 10.19 per cent compared to last year, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Thursday.

He said that those who had registered before April 22 were requested to reconfirm their participation in the yatra, and over 85,000 people have confirmed that they still intend to undertake the pilgrimage.

"Pilgrim registrations were progressing well before the April 22 incident, but saw a decline afterwards. There has been a 10.19 per cent drop in registrations compared to last year," Sinha told reporters at Raj Bhavan.

Manoj Sinha said that nearly 2.36 lakh pilgrims had registered for the yatra before the attack at Baisaran in Pahalgam, which left 26 p...