More than 3 million worshippers performed the last Ramadan Friday prayers and the 27th night supplication at the Two Holy Mosques. King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and Crown Prince Sultan directly supervised the services offered to the Guests of Allah. The traffic administration beefed up its efforts to monitor traffic around the Two Holy Mosques and on the roads leading to Makkah. A police task force of more than 3,000 took part in organizing and implementing the traffic plan in Makkah. Mini buses and cars transported the pilgrims from parking lots to the Grand Mosque around-the-clock. The traffic flow was smooth despite the over 200,000 vehicles entering Makkah Friday night. The Makkah Mayoralty deployed more than 5,600 cleaners equipped with 400 floor and carpet cleaning machines to keep the Grand Mosque and its surrounding areas clean. Over 400 tons of garbage was removed by the cleaners on Friday. More than 4,200 officers and staffers were involved in the implementation of the Civil Defense plan. Some 300 officers were deployed in the Grand Mosque to supervise the administration plan. Ninety-two fire fighting and rescue teams were deployed in the central area around the Grand Mosque. Over 300 motorbikes supported by evacuation units and 23 preventive survey teams were on standby prepared for any contingency. In Madina, more than 1,800 officers and security men were deployed in the Prophet's Mosque. Over 40 percent of the worshippers enterted the Prophet's Mosque through the southern area. More than 30,000 worshippers of different nationalities performed Aitekaaf (seclusion) in the Prophet's Mosque. Madina Mayor Abdul Aziz Al-Hussain said thousands of cleaners have been mobilized to clean the Prophet's Mosque around-the-clock. Shiekh Abdul Wahid Al-Khattabi, Director of Public Relations at the Prophet's Mosque Affairs, said the Presidency of the Prophet's Mosque has covered open areas with more than 9,000 carpets to accommodate all the worshippers on the night of the final recitation of the Holy Qur'an in Ramadan. More than 7,000 water coolers were provided in and around the Prophet's Mosque. – Okaz __
