The death toll of Indians in the Mecca Haj stampede is now 81. The numbers are likely to go up as the Indian authorities are still identifying the bodies and trying to locate the missing persons. The total death toll in Mecca is 1,254.
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is in Saudi Arabia to coordinate with the authorities and trace the missing Indians. The officials in Indian Consulate General Office in Jeddah said the Saudi authorities have given only names and nationalities of the dead and no other detail was available which is why identifying dead is taking time.
Meanwhile, the Indian dispensaries have treated nearly 30,000 people in its OPDs while 9,108 people of different nationalities were treated by mobile Indian medical teams. There were five births that have taken place with the aid of Indian doctors at Mecca in these dispensaries.
India has also increased the number of flights to Mecca to bring out the Indians.