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Improvements for pilgrims
Saudi Gazette report
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 21 - 08 - 2008

point plan has been drawn up to ensure the best possible services for the millions of Umrah pilgrims thronging the Grand Mosque during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.
Muhammad Bin Naser Al-Khozem, deputy president of the Two Holy Mosques' Affairs said the integrated plan is basically meant to enable millions of pilgrims to perform their rituals easily, comfortably and in peace.
Al-Khozem said the plan covers offering guidance to pilgrims about the Umrah rituals.
Scholars and preachers in the Two Holy Mosques have been assigned to cater to the needs of Umrah pilgrims religious aspects and clear their doubts in the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madina.
The plan also includes a plan to allow pilgrims to access the library of the Grand Mosque in Makkah as well as briefing them on the stages of the manufacturing of the Ka'ba cover (Kiswa), Al-Hayat Arabic daily said.
The third aspect of the plan aims at supplying Zamzam water in abundance to all visitors and Umrah performers as well as providing electric wheelchairs to elderly or disabled worshippers. The fourth and fifth points of the plan deal mainly with operational and maintenance services.
Sheikh Al-Khozem said that the second stage of the King Abdullah project for the expansion of the Mas'a area would be completed this year noting that the project has been designed to accommodate more and more pilgrims. __


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