More than 2,500 cleaners armed with 2,542 cleaning tools and equipment are daily removing about 143 tons of garbage from the Grand Mosque. Maher Al-Zahrani, director of the department of cleaning and furnishing the Grand Mosque, told Makkah daily that the workers are doing the cleaning while pilgrims are doing their tawaf (circumambulation) and sa'i (hastening seven times between Safa and Marwa hillocks). “The department is determined to keep the Grand Mosque ever clean and tidy for the comfort of the guests of God. He said the Grand Mosque has been furnished with about 17,000 rugs of various sizes which may be increased as and when required. Zahrani warned worshipers never to come with food and drinks to the mosque so as not to dirty the place. “Pilgrims and visitors should only have Zamzam water, a handful of dates and Arabian coffee for their iftar inside the Haram,” he said. — Courtesy photo
