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Mumbai:
The final date for submission of utility varieties for Haj 2021 has been prolonged to January 10, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi introduced on Thursday. According to a press release issued by the minister’s workplace, the embarkation point-wise estimated price per pilgrim has additionally been lowered. Mr Naqvi additionally stated that the Haj is scheduled for June-July 2021, and your entire course of is being adopted in accordance tp the rules issued by the governments of Saudi Arabia and India in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Today, December 10, was the last date for submission of application forms for Haj 2021, and now it has been extended to January 10, 2021,” the assertion stated, quoting Mr Naqvi after he chaired a gathering of the Haj Committee of India.
Over 40,000 functions have been acquired to this point for Haj 2021. These embrace greater than 500 functions underneath the class of girls (desirous to journey) with out ‘Mehram’ (male companion), the assertion stated.
For the Haj 2020, greater than 2,100 girls had utilized underneath with out ‘Mehram’ class. These girls will go for Haj 2021 as their functions stay legitimate, it stated. Besides, new varieties are additionally being accepted from girls who wish to go for Haj with out ‘Mehram’, it stated. All girls prepared to journey underneath this class might be exempted from the lottery system, the assertion stated.
People have been making use of on-line, offline and thru the Haj cell utility, it stated. Mr Naqvi stated, after discussions and suggestions acquired from Saudi Arabia, the embarkation points-wise estimated price per Haj pilgrim has been lowered. “The estimated cost per pilgrim after reduction is approximately Rs 3,30,000 for Ahmedabad and Mumbai embarkation points, Rs 3,50,000 for Bengaluru, Lucknow, Delhi and Hyderabad, Rs 3,60,000 for Cochin and Srinagar, Rs 3,70,000 for Kolkata and Rs 4 lakh for Guwahati embarkation point,” he stated.
Mr Naqvi stated the nationwide and worldwide protocol in view of the pandemic might be carried out and adopted “strictly” through the Haj 2021. Arrangements for the annual pilgrimage have been made
underneath particular circumstances in accordance with particular norms, guidelines, eligibility standards, age restrictions, well being and health necessities of the Saudi Arabia authorities amid the pandemic, the minister stated.
“There may be changes in the age criteria for performing Haj due to the pandemic. Each pilgrim will have to undergo COVID-19 test 72 hours before the journey as per the prevailing international air travel protocol,” he added. Pilgrims should submit their check certificates issued by an permitted laboratory with a unfavorable consequence earlier than travelling to Saudi Arabia, he added.
Mr Naqvi additional stated contemplating the pandemic scenario and suggestions acquired from Air India and different businesses, the embarkation factors for Haj 2021 have been lowered to 10. Earlier, there have been 21 Haj embarkation factors throughout the nation. For Haj 2021, the 10 embarkation factors are: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cochin, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Srinagar.
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