7000 pilgrims will be allowed to visit Mata Vaishno Devi shrine daily: J-K govt
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7000 pilgrims will be allowed to visit Mata Vaishno Devi shrine daily: J-K govt
Simrandeep Singh, Secretary to J-K Govt informed that number of devotees visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine will be increased from 5000 to 7000 per day.
"Cinema halls, bars, coaching centres are allowed to open in the UT.
Some of them are reopening from tomorrow and some from October 15.
The limit of pilgrims, visiting Mata Vaishno Devi shrine has been increased from 5000 to 7000 per day," said Simrandeep Singh.
He further added, "It will be decided by the CEO of Shrine Board that how many of these 7000 pilgrims will be from J-K and how many from outside the UT.
The inter-province and inter-state/UT pass will not be needed anymore."
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