In the second phase of Haj pilgrims’ return, the first flight carrying 263 pilgrims landed 15 minutes ahead of its schedule arrival at the Raja Bhoj International Airport of the State Capital on Monday. The pleasant experience of the pilgrims returning after performing Haj was that they were not made to wait for hours in their return journey like they were forced to do so when they started the pilgrimage, instead their return flight came 15 minutes before time.
A total of 1327 pilgrims would return in the second phase of return flights in five days in as number of flights at the embarkation point in Bhopal. In the first phase of the Haj pilgrims returning-flight 1596 pilgrims returned in 6 flights in six days at the other embarkation point of the State in Indore. The pilgrims from Dhar, Ujjain, Ratlam, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Dewas, Indore, Jhabua, Khandwa, Khargone, Barwani and other districts of the Malwa Nimar region returned in the first phase.
All the flights that have arrived and would come in the following days carry 266 pilgrims each except for today’s flight that brought 263 pilgrims.
Chairman Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board Shokat Mohammed Khan, Madhya Pradesh State Haj Committee (MPSHC) Chairman Haji Inayat Hussain Qureshi, Haj Committee of India Member and Coordinator for Bhopal Masarrat Shahid and members of the MPSHC accorded warm welcome to the pilgrims on their successful and safe return from the pilgrimage. large number of family members, and friends of the pilgrims also reached the airport to receive their near and dear ones. Pilgrims from 19 districts returned on Monday in the first flight of the second phase.
The oldest pilgrim returned is Haji Babu of 89 years old while the youngest pilgrim returned in the flight is 22 year old Haji Mohammed Naseem.