Shimla, June 13 -- The Himachal Pradesh government has approved the annual Kinnar Kailash Yatra from July 1 to July 30, with a cap of 375 pilgrims per day, mandatory registration for guides and tour operators, and enhanced environmental safeguards to protect the fragile Himalayan ecosystem.

Stating this, minister Jagat Singh Negi on Friday said that the decision was taken after a district-level meeting attended by senior officials of the district administration, police, forest, health and irrigation departments, representatives of gram panchayats Puari, Purgani and Ribba, local tour operators, youth organisations and various dev sabhas associated with the pilgrimage route.

The Kinnaur Kailash (locally known as Kinnar Kailash) is the fou...