UP government constitutes district level Haj committees

In a bid to facilitate pilgrims and provide all necessary information locally, Uttar Pradesh government has constituted district level Haj committees.
 
"For the first time district level committees have been constituted so that pilgrims can get all information regarding Haj pilgrimage in their district itself," PWD Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui said during a review meeting held yesterday.

The minister said that training, vaccination and swine flu test of pilgrims will be done between October 1 and October 9.

"Certificate of administration of polio drops and swine flu test will be issued during the training programme," he said.

The minister said, so far the Central Haj Committee had issued 14,000 visas for the state this year.

"To facilitate pilgrims, additional passport, ticket counters and information booths will be increased this year," Siddiqui said.

"The first flight of Haj pilgrims will take off from Lucknow on October 20 and on November 3 from Varanasi," he added.