A total of 237,583 undocumented pilgrims, including more than 9,700 Saudi men and women, were turned back and prevented from entering Makkah and all of the Holy Sites as Hajj climax today with the climbing of Mount Arafat.
Though, a total of 1.34million pilgrims were officially listed to have performed the Hajj rites across the world excluding 100,000 from within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This was confirmed by Col. Sami Al-Shuwairikh, Director of Awareness and Media in the General Security of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
According to agencies reports, he also confirmed that 104,784 cars, carrying people without Hajj permits, were also turned back.
Twenty-four cooking gas cylinders were confiscated at pilgrims’ tents in Mina as the Saudi Authorities said as a precautionary safety rules, liquid cooking gas are not allowed to be used in the tents in Mina and Arafat.
Twenty seven well-equipped ambulances arrived in Arafat carrying sick pilgrims who were confined to hospitals in Madinah. They were received with roses, flowers and Zamzam water by a number of health officials.
To ensure a hitch free pilgrimage for the Muslim faithful, who will descend Mount Arafat before sunset today and return to Mina where where sacrificial lambs will be slaughtered tomorrow, the authorities of the Kingdom had mobilised 60,000 staff through its Ministry of Hajj & Umrah, 5,000 hospital beds, 100 ambulances, 158 sick-bays along the pilgrims routes from Makkah to Medina, 18,000 buses, over 30 surveillance aircraft and helicopters, 51 medical buses on stand by. 23,000 to keep Makkah and other holy cities clean during and after the pilgrims departure.
In total, the authorities computed that all the foreign pilgrims spent a total of about $5.3billion up to date during their visit to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.
Pilgrims are expected to start their return journey to their different next weekend after the Sallah holidays cum festivities.
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