Jammu, May 29 -- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved the deployment of 670 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for security arrangements during this year's Shri Amarnath Yatra, scheduled to begin on July 3 and conclude on August 28, officials said on Thursday.

Officials said the deployment would be the highest-ever for the annual pilgrimage and has been planned in coordination with the Jammu and Kashmir administration and senior security agencies.

The CAPF personnel will be deployed along the entire pilgrimage route, from Lakhanpur to the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Security cover will include the Baltal and Pahalgam routes, Baltal and Nunwan base camps, Yatri Niwas Jammu, Jammu-Srinagar Nation...