Jammu, June 13 -- Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and National Security Guards (NSG) successfully conducted a week-long joint training exercise 'Shakti Sangam' here, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
The exercise was conducted as authorities intensified preparations for the 57-day Amarnath Yatra, scheduled to commence on July 3. The Yatri Niwas Bhagwati Nagar in the summer capital Jammu serves as the main base camp for the pilgrims coming from across the country before leaving for Kashmir to pay their obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high holy cave shrine.
The yatra takes place from the twin routes - the traditional 48-km Pahalgam in Anantnag district and the 14-km shorter but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal district...