![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Snowfall-2025-2.jpg\")
<\/p>\n\u2018Adi Kailash Yatra\u2019 affected by snowfall<\/p>\n
B.D. Kasniyal<\/p>\n
Pithoragarh, Oct 8<\/p>\n
The early snowfall on the higher reaches of Himalayas has also affected the \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019 as the Pithoragarh district administration has been cautious in granting permits for the yatra due to accumulation of snow on the yatra route<\/p>\n
” To make the yatra safe and smooth, we are working in coordination with ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police), Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and local villagers and has stopped issuing inner line permits on the advise of these agencies as snowfall has blocked some portion of \u2018Adi Kailash Yatra\u2019 track,\u201d said Jitendra Verma, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Dharchula.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In view of safety of the pilgrims, ITBP has returned 150 \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 pilgrims from Kuti on Tuesday after widespread snowfall witnessed in the region.<\/p>\n
The temperatures have dropped in lower areas of the border district after season’s first and widespread snowfall on the peaks of Panchchuli, Handling, Chipla Kedar and Milan region of Johar valley and Kuti, Nabhidhang and Adi Kailash region of Vyans valley on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
According to Verma, he has cleared all inner line passes ( total 168) this morning as the weather was clear. “We have also advised tour operators, not to take further bookings to \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 if the weather department forecasts rain or snow on \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 route,\u201d said the SDM.<\/p>\n
The ITBP personnel are \u00a0also helping pilgrims towards making their journey safe as pilgrims wwere not allowed to go beyond Kuti on October 7 following heavy snowfall on the \u2018Adi Kailash\u2019 route.
\n“We have this year\u00a0issued a total of 29508 inner line permits in two phases of \u2018Adi Kailash Yatra,” said the SDM.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018Adi Kailash Yatra\u2019 affected by snowfall B.D. Kasniyal Pithoragarh, Oct 8 The early snowfall on the higher reaches of Himalayas has also affected the \u2018Adi Kailash yatra\u2019 as the Pithoragarh district administration has been cautious in granting permits for the yatra due to accumulation of snow on the yatra route ” To make the yatra …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,92,33,91,39,59],"tags":[3279,3501,3500,160],"class_list":["post-7388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-featured","category-international","category-national","category-tourism","category-uttarakhand","tag-adi-kailash-and-om-parvat-yatra-2025","tag-first-snowfall-2025","tag-jitender-verma-sdm-dharchula","tag-pithoragarh"],"yoast_head":"\n