Srinagar, 18 June (H.S.): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has readied a Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) of its personnel who will provide emergency help to the pilgrims during the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra through the Baltal route in Jammu and Kashmir.

The 30-personnel team will be equipped with all the basic rescue and medical aid kit like oxygen cylinders, portable stretchers, ropes, medicines for high-altitude sickness and drinking water etc.

“The teams will be deployed at strategic locations along the Baltal route. They will assist pilgrims who require basic medical care or help due to exhaustion or injury,” Sudhir Kumar, CRPF deputy inspector general (DIG) and Nodal officer for the Yatra, told H.S.

Kumar, who is conducting the Yatra for the third time, said the CRPF MRT will also assist other relief and rescue agencies in case of landslide or flash floods.

These CRPF teams have become a regular feature along the Baltal axis since the last year and were seen administering oxygen and other essentials to the needy travellers and those who are part of organising the Yatra.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar