The embarkation point for the Haj pilgrims from the State at Taj ul Masajid mosque of the State capital is ready to welcome the pilgrims who would start reaching there from Monday.
A sparkling tented colony with all amenities in the campus of the world famous Taj ul Masajid mosque is all set to welcome the Haj pilgrims prior to their flight to Jeddah for the pilgrimage of their lifetime.Volunteers have also started registering their presence to serve the pilgrims and helping the authorities to serve the pilgrims during their two-day stay at the embarkation point.
The first flight of the first phase of pilgrims from the State capital carrying 240 persons from the State would fly on September 17 while the last flight from Bhopal would be on September 21, in between September 17 and 21, daily a flight carrying 240 pilgrims would leave the State capital. Five flights would carry about 1,200 pilgrims from Bhopal, Raisen, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Sagar, Rewa, Satna, Tikamgarh, Vidisha and Sehore districts would fly from the State capital. A (volunteer) Khadim ul Hujaj each trained by the State Haj Committee of India (HCI) and deputed by the State Government would travel in every flight. This volunteer would look after the needs of the pilgrims during the pilgrimage.
Tablighi Jamaat has taken the responsibility to voluntary serve the pilgrims during their two-day stay at the embarkation point. Volunteers other than Jamaat would also serve the pilgrims besides volunteer’s teams of Corporators Syed Shahid Ali, Rehan Ahmed and Rafique Qureshi are already doing work at the embarkation point.
Madhya Pradesh State Haj Committee (MPSHC) is also indulged in the preparations to ready the embarkation point for the pilgrims.District administration is also monitoring the developments at its level as the Collector Bhopal and Bhopal Municipal Corporation (MBC) commissioner after distributing responsibilities of work to different departments are monitoring them.
Arrangements pertaining to lodging, food and training of the pilgrims are made at the embarkation.In the second phase seven flights carrying 240 pilgrims each would depart from Indore embarkation point of the state from September 22 and the last flight from the State would be on September 28.
MPSHC Chairman Haji Inayat Hussain while talking to The Pioneer said, “The Haj flights from the Raja Bhoj International Airport of the State capital would commence from September 17. Taj ul Masajid would be the transit point for the pilgrims who need to report there before 48 hours of their scheduled flight, all the preparations related with the pilgrimage journey would be completed before that.”