The construction of a ‘yatri niwas’, which can accommodate 30,000 devotees during the Amarnath pilgrimage, started in Jammu today.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha performed ‘puja’ before the commencement of the construction work of the ‘yatri niwas’ and National Disaster Mitigation Centre.