The falling pilgrim count has also naturally led to a fall in the use of food material for the langar (community kitchen).
“On daily basis, 60-65 quintals of flour is used as against the 50 quintals being used now,” he said.
With public viewing of the Retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah joint check post also being suspended for the time being, tourism in Amritsar has been adversely affected.
Punjab shares a 553-km border with Paksitan and there are six districts in the state, including Amritsar, which lie close to the International Border (IB).
People in nearly 1,000 villages falling within a 10 km-radius of the IB were asked to be evacuated following an advisory by the Centre, apprehending retaliation from Pakistan after Indian Army carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) recently.
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