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Shrine Board
also throws open accommodations for pilgrims at Bhawan, Adhkuwari, Katra and
Jammu
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Jammu(Agencies): Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine
Board (SMVDSB) has increased the quota of pilgrims from outside Jammu and
Kashmir to 500 per day from existing 100 per day.
The daily number of visitors
to the cave shrine has been limited to 2,000 due to Covid-19 pandemic.
The Shrine Board claimed that
the pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, after its
resumption on August 16, was proceeding smoothly and picking up pace with each
passing day.
Giving further details, Ramesh
Kumar, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Shrine Board, said that the booking by
the devotees for Shradha Suman Vishesh Pooja had also commenced through online
mode.
“The accommodations of the
Shrine Board at Bhawan, Adhkuwari, Katra and Jammu have also been thrown open
for the pilgrims, following all the prescribed SOPs,” Kumar added.
For the ease and comfort of pilgrims,
all other supplementary facilities set up by the Board, like the battery
operated vehicles, passenger ropeway and helicopter services, were also
operating smoothly in adherence to social distancing norms and other
precautionary measures.
Free langar (community
kitchen) at Tarakote Marg and Prasad Kendra at Sanjichhat have also been
operationalised by the Board for the facility of pilgrims, besides opening of
bhojanalayas (restaurants) in the Shrine area, en route Bhawan.
Pertinently, devotees are
allowed to undertake pilgrimage after registering through online mode in order
to avoid any assembly at the yatra registration counters.
The COVID negative test report
of the pilgrims coming from outside J&K and also from the red zone areas of
the UT is being checked at the helipad and the yatra entry points at Darshani
Deodi, Banganga, Katra, and only
those with negative reports
are allowed to move towards Bhawan.
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