J&K: 3 yatris among four injured in Anantnag road accident
After the Yatra began on July 3, nearly 80,000 pilgrims have had darshan at the holy Amarnath cave shrine.
Officials said the accident took place this morning near Chandanwari when a taxi skidded off the road, leaving three yatris and the driver injured.
'All four received minor injuries,' officials said.
The three injured yatris were residents of Gujarat.
Two days ago 36 Amarnath pilgrims suffered minor injuries when five buses slammed into each other at Chanderkoot, along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district.
This year's annual Amarnath Yatra started on July 3 from the twin tracks — the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the 14-km Baltal route in Ganderbal district.
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