Preparations for making Haj a divine experience is in full swing however the State Haj Committee is yet to receive meningitis vaccine, mandatory among many other, which needs to be injected to a pilgrim before embarking on the most auspicious pilgrimage.
The State Haj Committee is still waiting for the vaccine which is provided by the Central Haj Committee situated at Mumbai. “This is worrying however we should get it in a week or two,” said Quttub-ud-din Rizvi.
Notwithstanding the delay the committee hopes to accomplish the task before Haj begins.
Flights for Haj will start with 235 passengers that will leave on September 15. last fleet of passengers will leave on September 26. Pilgrims will start coming back from October 28 to November 7. Notably, Sovika Airways have been roped in for carrying passengers to Jeddah and to ferry them back from Medina to Ranchi.
As many as 3355 pilgrims comprising 2016 male and 1339 female will travel to the holiest city for Muslims- Jeddah.
In a decision taken at a meeting of Airport Advisory Committee, old terminal of Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Airport will be converted into a Haj Terminal. The terminal will be divided in areas- parking, meeting & greeting, pre-check, check-in, security hold area- to enable smooth operations at the airport.
Interestingly, the Haj committee has made arrangements for providing around SAR 2150 which is equivalent to Rs 30,000 to each pilgrim before boarding the flight for Jeddah.
Incidentally, the Haj committee has made all necessary arrangements to provide accommodation to pilgrims besides providing bus services to carry passengers to airport.
“Ground and first floor is ready while construction work on second floor is going on,” added Rizvi.