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Srinagar - The first batch of nearly 5,500 pilgrims arrived in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday for the annual Amarnath Yatra, flagged off by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu.
This year's pilgrimage comes under an unprecedented multi-layered security cover, including facial recognition systems, increased paramilitary deployment, and no-fly zones along both pilgrimage routes - Pahalgam and Baltal. The heightened measures follow the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 civilian lives near the Nunwan-Chandanwari track.
Around 299 vehicles carri...