![Amarnath Cave Shrine Gets Motorable Road Amid Concerns Over Ecology](https://c.ndtvimg.com/2023-11/b3i708h_amarnath-marg_625x300_07_November_23.jpeg?ver-20231016.06)
Amarnath Cave Shrine Gets Motorable Road Amid Concerns Over Ecology
NDTV
The project, however, has received criticism by several Kashmiri Pandits who fear adverse impact of the road on cave shrine and fragile ecology of the area.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has completed the construction of road to the famous Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. The BRO has termed the completion of road as historic and drove its first set of vehicles to the shrine at an altitude of 13000 feet in Kashmiri Himalayas. #AmarnathYatra@BROindia Project Beacon is involved in restoration and improvement of Amarnath Yatra tracks.Border Roads personnel completed the formidable task and created history with first set of vehicles reaching the holy cave.Jai Hind! Jai BRO!!@narendramodi… pic.twitter.com/gjFBhcgp36 This is a disastrous move. The cave is under tremendous pressure already. The ice Shivling will disappear, do not do this. https://t.co/dj2DSxFD1I This is not history it's the biggest crime one can commit to Hinduism & it's faith in nature. Hinduism is all about immersing in spritual mother nature , that's why our pilgrimages are in lap of Himalayas. Turning religious piligrimages into picnic spots for mere political gains… https://t.co/23z3DL3SnM
The project, however, has received criticism by several Kashmiri Pandits who fear adverse impact of the road on cave shrine and fragile ecology of the area.
The BRO put out a video of its trucks moving through newly constructed Baltal-Cave shrine road on X, formerly Twitter.