Haj pilgrims of 17 districts boarded fifth flight on Thursday which took off at around 11.30 carrying 150 Haj pilgrims.
In the wake of tighten security arrangements at airport entry passes of relatives and family members who used to enter the premises earlier and would use to stay till the flight took off has been denied and they have to leave from the entrance after leaving the Haj pilgrim.
The Haj pilgrims from 17 different districts took the flight on Thursday.
From Agar Malwa 9 Haj pilgrims, from Betul 16 Haj pilgrims, from Bhopal 1 Haj pilgrim, from Chhatarpur 4 Haj pilgrims, from Guna 2 Haj pilgrims, from Gwalior 2 Haj pilgrims, from Hoshangabad 2 Haj pilgrims, from Jabalpur 22 Haj pilgrims, from Morena 5 Haj pilgrims, from Rajgarh 10 Haj pilgrims, from Rewa 17 Haj pilgrims, from Shajapur 29 Haj pilgrims, from Sagar 8 Haj pilgrims, from Shahdol 10 Haj pilgrims, from Sheopur 2 Haj pilgrims, from Tikamgarh 3 Haj pilgrims and from Vidisha 8 Haj pilgrims boarded the fifth flight scheduled to took off on Wednesday at 11.30 am.
The Haj pilgrims scheduled to board third flight on Thursday left for the airport in special buses from transit camp, Haj house at Singarcholi at around 8.00 in the morning.
In the fifth flight which took off carrying 150 Haj pilgrims there were 78 men and 72 women.
The sixth scheduled flight on Thursday also took Haj pilgrims from the Raja Bhoj airport.