Srinagar:, July 18 -- As the Amarnath Yatra was suspended for a day today due to continuous rainfall for the past two days, around 2.51 lakh pilgrims have performed darshan till date.

From the past two days the upper reaches especially in south and central Kashmir have been witnessing moderate to heavy rainfall which compelled authorities to suspend the yatra on both routes keeping in view the safety of pilgrims.

Officials said that Amarnath Yatra has been suspended for Thursday from both Pahalgam and Baltal base camps.

"Heavy continuous rains over the last two days have necessitated restoration work to be carried out on tracks along both the routes. Border Roads Organization has made heavy deployment of its men and machinery on the tr...