Jammu, July 1 -- Offline registration of 38 day long annual Amarnath pilgrimage began here in the temple city on Monday with the distribution of tokens to intending pilgrims, said officials. "Around 2,000 tokens were distributed at Saraswati Dham near Jammu railway station by the officials," said an official. However, pilgrims outnumbered the tokens available for the day at Saraswati Dham, he added. Dharamvir Singh, 46, a pilgrim from Bihar's Patna, expressed regrets over poor arrangements. "We were queued outside Saraswati Dham since 4 am to get tokens. It rained heavily. No proper arrangements were made by the administration," he said. The first batch of pilgrims will leave for Kashmir from the Jammu-based Bhagwati Nagar base camp on July 2. Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha will flag off the first batch under unprecedented security grid. With the onset of Amarnath Yatra, the Lakhanpur corridor has been transformed into a well-equipped, multi-utility facilitation centre by the Kathua district administration. Kathua deputy commissioner Rakesh Minhas said, "Lakhanpur is all set to welcome the yatris. Every aspect, from RFID registration to lodging and health care, has been carefully planned and executed."...