 "Delhi State Haj Committee meets Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi over facilities arranged by Centre for pilgrims")
New Delhi: A delegation of the Delhi State Haj Committee on Friday met Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and discussed various issues related to facilities for the pilgrims.
The meeting comes just days before the first batch of pilgrims leaves for Saudi Arabia starting 14 July.
“Delhi Haj Committee delegation led by its Chairman Shri Haji Mohammad Ishraq Khan met me at Antyodaya Bhawan today (Friday), discussed various issues concerned to Haj and various facilities for the pilgrims,” Naqvi tweeted after the meeting.
Flights for Haj will start from 14 July, when pilgrims from Delhi, Gaya, Guwahati, Lucknow and Srinagar will embark on the pilgrimage. Flights from other embarkation points would start later.
A total of 1,75,025 Indians will be going for Haj in 2018, of which 1,28,702 pilgrims will be travelling through the Haj Committee of India.
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