Haj 2nd phase dates announced

Hyderabad: The Haj pilgrims would leave for pilgrimage in second phase in the last week of July or the first week of August from the Hyderabad Embarkation Point, announced Haj Committee special officer SA Shukoor on Sunday. Addressing the seventh Haj training camp at Khairatabad, he said that the Haj Committee was making the best arrangements for the pilgrims. The vaccination for the pilgrims would commence soon after the Eid.

He said that this Haj season, Makkah would witness harsh weather therefore Saudi authorities had made arrangements of AC in all the tents at Mina where pilgrims would be spending five days of Haj. He said, ‘There is no provision of cooking for the pilgrims of Green category, whereas pilgrims in Rubat and Azeezah would have this facility.’ 

Haj Committee member Abu Talha Amjad said that the Ramazan was the month of training for the Muslims, particularly the Haj pilgrims. Mohammed Fazluddin of AnwarulUIoom College described the Haj rituals in detail and asked the pilgrims to make preparations for the journey thoroughly.