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MUZAFFARNAGAR: Less than 5,000 Muslims from India are likely to go on Hajj pilgrimage this year as the Saudi Arabia has capped the number of pilgrims due to the ongoing pandemic. According to Fazal Siddiqui, deputy CEO (operations), Hajj Committee of India, “This year, Saudi Arabia has announced that only 60,000 can go on Hajj. Out of which, 15,000 will be the residents of that country. Remaining 45,000 will be from all over the world. So if we calculate India’s quota according to the population, it will be around 4,500. Otherwise, in normal times, 2lakh used to go on the pilgrimage from India alone.”
MUZAFFARNAGAR: Less than 5,000 Muslims from India are likely to go on Hajj pilgrimage this year as the Saudi Arabia has capped the number of pilgrims due to the ongoing pandemic. According to Fazal Siddiqui, deputy CEO (operations), Hajj Committee of India, “This year, Saudi Arabia has announced that only 60,000 can go on Hajj. Out of which, 15,000 will be the residents of that country. Remaining 45,000 will be from all over the world. So if we calculate India’s quota according to the population, it will be around 4,500. Otherwise, in normal times, 2lakh used to go on the pilgrimage from India alone.”
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of the country, used to send close to 30,000 people on Hajj every year. Convener of the Hajj in Deoband, Faheem Siddiqui, said, “UP sends close to 32,000 pilgrims on Hajj every year. But this year, Saudi Arabia has fixed the number due to the pandemic. The cost of travel has also soared from Rs 2lakh to Rs 3.75lakh.”
Several other restrictions to check the spread of pandemic have also been announced by Saudi Arabia. “The pilgrims must have received the full doses of approved Covid-19 vaccines in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The gap between the last dose of two doses of vaccine or the first dose of the single-dose should not be less than 14 days. All pilgrims must present a PCR examination certificate with a negative result that they are free of the emerging coronavirus, issued by a reliable laboratory from the country of the pilgrims. This should not exceed 72 hours from the sample collecting time until departure to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Pilgrims without certification of a negative test will not be permitted to board the plane,” the circular issued by the Saudi authorities said.
Rahul Gupta, secretary/executive officer Uttar Pradesh State Haj Committee stated in his press release, “No official information has yet been given by the Saudi government regarding the distribution of the Haj quota for India. The procedure-related to going on Hajj will depend on the permission of the Saudi government.”
According to an officer posted in Haj committee in Uttar Pradesh, who did not wish to be named,”6,390 applications for Haj were received and we will examine all applications as per guidelines, I do not think that every applicant will meet the requirements, so this time the figures of the pilgrims of India will remain very low.” Due to the pandemic, Haj in 2020 was cancelled by the Saudi government.
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