: Vaishno Devi shrine pilgrimage bookings go online a day after fatal stampede #IndiaNEWS After 12 pilgrims died in a stampede at Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, the temple’s board switched

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Vaishno Devi shrine pilgrimage bookings go online a day after fatal stampede #IndiaNEWS
After 12 pilgrims died in a stampede at Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, the temple’s board switched the pilgrimage bookings to online mode only on Sunday, The Indian Express reported.The decision regarding online bookings was taken at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board management’s meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday.Apart from the online mode, pilgrims could previously avail their permission slips at Katra town. On an average, only 2,000 daily yatra slips are issued online and around 28,000 are issued to pilgrims as they reach Katra, an official from the temple board told The Indian Express.The temple board asked its Chief Executive Officer Ramesh Kumar to take measures for effective crowd management and improve the infrastructure. It asked Kumar to make a plan to decongest the entire track “particularly the Bhawan area, [and] separation of entry and exit routes at [the] Bhawan�?.Meanwhile, the Divisional Commissioner of Jammu, Raghav Langar, asked witnesses to record their statements so that he could establish the circumstances that led to the stampede, The Hindu said.“Any person who desires to furnish any facts, statements, evidence may share the same,�? he said. “Any person who desires to meet in person, may appear before the enquiry committee in person on January 5.�? The stampede reportedly...Read more

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