Overview
- Officials reported about 170,000 pilgrims have paid obeisance so far and described this year’s turnout as higher than last year.
- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited the Pantha Chowk transit camp and the Baltal base camp to review registration, tents, hospitals and sanitation.
- Two 100‑bed base camp hospitals at Baltal and Chandanwari are fully operational and are handling roughly 1,300–1,400 outpatient visits each day.
- Administration ordered 24/7 water supply, more RO water points, tighter registration controls and immediate legal action against fraudulent registration or overcharging.
- Authorities said district administration, the Shrine Board, police and security forces are coordinating crowd management and using pilgrim feedback to fix problems in real time.