On the request of the State Haj Committee, the Haj Committee of India has extended the last date for applicants from Uttarakhand to submit their fees for the pilgrimage. The last date has been extended from July 27 to August 5, according to the SHC chairman Haji Rav Sher Muhammad.
The last date for submitting the fees has been extended to August 5 and those who still fail to pay till then will have their names removed from the list of pilgrims to accommodate those in the waiting list.
“Everything will be finalised till August 6 and we will carry on with the further operations while those removed from the list will be refunded the amount they have already paid in previous installment”, said a committee official.
Various camps will be organised from August 16 at various places like Roorkee, Jwalapur, Manglaur, Udham Singh Nagar, Kashipur and, Haldwani till August 29 for training and medical checkups of those undertaking the pilgrimage.
For places where the number of pilgrims is less, the camps will be held in Dehradun.
The total expense for those undertaking
Haj under the green and Ajijiya categories has been increased from Rs1,64,900 and Rs1,36, 250 respectively last year to Rs1,82,100 and Rs1,52,050 respectively this year.