A group of 177 Haj pilgrims from Bhopal left for Jeddah on Tuesday morning. A direct flight took off from Bhopal to Jeddah. All Haj pilgrims were sent off with rose flowers. Another batch of Haj pilgrims will also leave on Wednesday morning to Jeddah.
A total of 380 passengers will leave in two days. On the first day, Tuesday, at 5:30 am, the flight left for Jeddah carrying 177 passengers. Before leaving, Haj pilgrims were welcomed at Raja Bhoj Airport.
Haj Committee Chairman Rauf Warsi and other officials gave rose flowers to everyone and bid farewell.
President Warsi said, flights will fly from Bhopal on May 22 also. About 7 thousand Haj pilgrims from the state are departing from Mumbai airport from May 21. This sequence will continue till June 9.
Most of the Haj pilgrims are from Bhopal. Some are from outside, who reached Haj House on Monday evening itself. All Haj pilgrims reached the airport at 2.30 pm. Arrangements for seating arrangements, coolers, mobile toilets, parking, drinking water etc. have been made in the Haj House for the pilgrims and their accompanying family members.
Along with doctors and paramedical team 24 hours at the airport, a special team of doctors and doctors are deployed to secure beds in Hamidia Hospital in case of emergency. Along with this, ORS packets were also distributed in view of the heat in the Haj House.