Amarnath Pilgrimage land transfer stopped=secular

"Azad said while the state government will look after all the logistics including security, lodging, boarding, temporary shelters on way to cave shrine, the shrine board will look after the religious rituals associated with the annual yatra.

Asked if the controversial order transferring the land to the board would be rescinded, the chief minister said the state cabinet will take action based on the governor's letter.



"When the shrine board does not need the land what is the importance of the order (transferring the land to shrine board)?" Azad asked when persistently queried about it.


Azad again sought to clarify that the land in question had not been transferred to the shrine board as formalities for the same had not been completed.


For the transfer of land, the money had to be deposited (by the board) with the government and the land had to be demarcated. None of these things have happened. The order just remains on paper, the chief minister added.


In his letter to Azad, the governor said: "I appeal to the leaders of all sections of the society to urgently call upon their followers to halt the ongoing protests with immediate effect so that peace and normalcy are restored and the Amarnath Yatra, which is a shining symbol of the deeply secular traditions of Kashmir people can go on." ."