During the last 54 years, about 10 crore people from all over the world have performed Hajj, and every passing year has been a year of success and progress in terms of arrangements.
The Saudi Department of Statistics has released the data for the last 54 years of the Hajj season, according to which more than 99 million (about 10 crores) people from all over the world performed the Hajj, and every year Hajj is organized by Saudi Arabia. Arab progress and success continued.
According to foreign media, the former Director General of Makkah Historical Center, Dr. Fawaz Aldas, said that in the past, the Hajj journey was more difficult than today because the means of communication were very easy at that time. Air travel was not possible before the invention of the airplane.
In the olden days, pilgrims used to travel in ships or small ships, while pilgrims used to ride camels and horses to reach the Holy Hijaz through bad roads.
The area of ​​Masjid al-Haram before Islam and then during Prophethood was 1490 square meters, which has reached 13 lakh 71 thousand square meters with development and expansion in the present era.
According to the report, both the scope and quality of Hajj facilities have increased over the past years, and there has been rapid progress in the provision of facilities to Hajj pilgrims during the reign of the current King Salman bin Abdulaziz. In addition to the recent expansion of Masjid al-Haram, construction, expansion, and renovation of Hajj places have also been done on a large scale.
The Saudi government has modernized the means of transport by operating the Haramin Express train for the convenience of Hajj pilgrims, while earlier, the Mushairah Holy Train was launched for the convenience of pilgrims in Mina, Muzdalifah, and Arafat.
Apart from this, by changing the process of issuance of Hajj visa, the e-Hajj visa has been introduced, and now the pilgrims will not have to wait for days, but now the Hajj visa is issued in minutes along with the convenience of Umrah. goes. It continues throughout the year, and Umrah is permitted to visitors on various visas.
According to the report, providing all modern facilities to more than 30 million elderly pilgrims in the next 7 years is the main goal of Saudi Vision 2030.
