JK police sets up assistance centre for Amarnath pilgrims

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has opened a reception-cum-yatri assistance centre to facilitate smooth boarding and lodging of pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra,which begins tomorrow.

“We have launched a reception-cum-yatri assistance centre to facilitate smooth and easy boarding and lodging for the pilgrims,besides providing an idea of roads and routes”,Jammu-Samba-Kathua range DIG Farooq Khan told reporters after inaugurating the centre at Kunjwani in the city outskirts.

The centre will take care of accommodation facilities at base camp yatri niwas and other places in the city for pilgrims,he said.

Booklets,pamphlets and roadmaps will also be distributed to the devotees,Khan said.