JAMMU, Aug. 29 -- A day after a landslide left 34 Vaishno Devi pilgrims dead and scores were injured near Ardhkuwari, Katra town, on Thursday, observed a successful bandh in protest against Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board's "criminal negligence". Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti had given the bandh call. A procession of locals, joined by devotees, was taken out from Shalimar Park that culminated at Shridhar Chowk where floral tributes were offered to the 34 pilgrims, who died on Wednesday.

Former Congress minister Jugal Kishore and party leader Bhupinder Singh Jamwal also joined the procession. However, youth Congress leader Karandeep Singh, who was on his way to Katra from Reasi to join the procession, was detained enroute by...