Registration of Yatris for Shri Amarnath Yatra commences on April 1 via 446 designated banks

Jammu:The registration of pilgrims for the upcoming Shri Amarnath Yatra is going to commence on April 1, from both Baltal and Chandanwari routes through 446 designated Bank branches all over the country.

This year’s 56 days Yatra shall commence simultaneously on both the routes from June 28 and culminate on Raksha Bandhan, August 22.

The registration of Yatris for Shri Amarnath Yatra will be via 446 designated Banks comprising Punjab National Bank (316), Jammu & Kashmir Bank (90) and YES Bank (40).

Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Nitishwar Kumar, has informed that the step-by-step procedure, application form and state-wise list of bank branches with complete addresses are available at Shrine Board’s website.

The CEO said that for ensuring against fraudulent health certificates, only such certificates which are issued by doctors / Medical Institutes authorized by the concerned State Government / UT Administrations shall be accepted at the Registered Bank Branches. For Yatra 2021, only those health certificates which have been issued after March 15, 2021, shall be valid.

The steps which yatris need to follow in order to register for the Yatra, have been put on the Board’s website www.shriamarnathjishrine.com. It also contains relevant information on how to reach the Base Camps, fee for yatra registration, the tariff for ponies, palanquin and porters.

The CEO further informed that persons under the age of 13 years or above the age of 75 years and ladies who are more than six weeks pregnant would not be registered for this year’s yatra.

The CEO also informed that the Yatra Permits would be different for each day of the week and route, with a different colour coding for each day to facilitate the police personnel deployed at the Access Control Gates at Baltal and Chandanwari to regulate the Yatra for the relevant date and route. In this context, he cautioned the intending pilgrims against undertaking this arduous yatra without securing a Yatra Permit and the required Compulsory Health Certificate.

Mr Kumar stressed that, for ensuring effective security arrangements along the difficult tracks, only those yatris who are in possession of a Yatra Permit which is valid for a specified date and route, will be allowed to proceed beyond the Base Camps, and cross the entry gates at Domel and Chandanwari.

He appealed to all intending yatris to complete the necessary formalities for registration in advance and timely obtain a Yatra Permit, in their own interest, so that they do not face any inconvenience when they embark on their yatra.

Yatris who propose to travel by helicopter do not require advance registration as their helicopter tickets shall suffice for this purpose.

However, they shall be required to produce the Compulsory Health Certificate (CHC) in the prescribed format issued by an authorised doctor, before they are allowed to travel by helicopter.(UNI)