There was, however, no loss of life in the incident which occurred at 3657 mt high Panjtarni, an official spokesman told newsmen here.

Meanwhile, a fresh batch of 2,631 pilgrims today left Jammu for Chandanwari, base camp of the holy cave shrine raising the total number of pilgrims leaving for Kashmir to more 79,000, according to police.

The fresh batch of pilgrims left in 120 vehicles from city high security MAM Stadium, police said.