Srinagar | Saturday, Aug 9 : Two more pilgrims from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (UP) have died at Sheshnag on traditional yatra route, taking the toll to 45 since the commencement of the 44-day-long annual pilgrimage to holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from June 28.
Yatra official said a 70-year-old sadhu Paku Dass, resident of Mahdavpure, Bihar, suffered a massive heart attack at Sheshnag, where the Chhari-Mubarak reached yesterday from Chandanwari.
Dass was immediately shifted to health centre where he was declared brought dead.
Another pilgrim Rachal (61) also suffered heart attack at Shehnag on the traditional route. He died before he could be shifted to health centre, they said.
With this, a total of 45 pilgrims have died during the pilgrimage from Baltal and Pahalgam tracks. Majority of them died due to heart attack and four of them in accidents. (news agency)
