Srinagar, Aug. 1 -- The Amarnath Yatra resumed from the Baltal axis in the Kashmir valley on Thursday but remained suspended from the Pahalgam axis as urgent maintenance and repair works have to be carried out on the route. It was also suspended from Jammu due to inclement weather conditions.

No fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to proceed from Jammu to the cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas this morning, officials said.

In view of maintenance works on the Pahalgam axis of the Amarnath Yatra route following the rains, the Yatra continued only through the Baltal axis, they said.

Torrential rains in Kashmir had rendered the roads unsafe, following which the pilgrimage was suspended on both the Baltal and Pahalgam routes on Wedn...