Under strict security arrangements, another batch of 3500 pilgrims, that is the 22nd batch from Jammu, left Bhagwati Nagar  Yatri Niwas base camp for the Kashmir valley to perform pilgrimage to the Amarnath Cave Shrine. The pilgrims left the base camp in a cavalcade of 140 vehicles early this morning. The batch included 2704 Men, 675 Women, 12 Children, 81 Sadhus & 28 sadhvis. Of these, 832 pilgrims left for  Baltal base camp at 3:25 AM and 2668 for Pahalgam base camp at 4:01 AM, from where they will proceed for their further journey to the holy cave.