Top Home Ministry officials are in constant touch with Jammu and Kashmir government for ensuring security to pilgrims going to the cave shrine located in the Himalayan range at a height of 12,756 feet.
As many as 12,500 central paramilitary personnel and 8,000 state policemen will be deployed along the two routes -- one from South Kashmir's Pahalgham and the other through Northeast Sonamarg, also a tourist spot.
The Army personnel will also be deployed in peripheral areas besides Quick Reaction Teams, officials said.
There is no specific threat to the 48-day long yatra to the cave shrine but all security arrangements have been made by the state government with active support of the central government, the official said.
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