NEW DELHI: The executive has floated a global smooth in search of packages from shipping companies as part of its efforts to revive an choice of sending pilgrims for Haj via sea, Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stated on Monday.
Saudi Arabia had previous given its nod to India's plan to revive the choice of sea go back and forth to Jeddah, over twenty years after the follow used to be stopped.
"We have issued a global tender. We have asked for applications from shipping companies," Naqvi informed newshounds right here.
The secretary and joint secretary from the ministry will soon cling talks in Saudi Arabia with officers from its shipping ministry and others on problems related to the go back and forth of Haj pilgrims via sea, he stated.
Asked when the sea route would develop into operational for Haj pilgrims, he stated, "We are trying and our goal is for 2019. It will only be from Mumbai."
Earlier this 12 months, Naqvi had showed that Saudi Arabia had given its nod to India's plan to revive the choice of ferrying devotees via sea after he and Saudi Arabia's Haj and Umrah Minister Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten signed a bilateral annual settlement in regards to the pilgrimage in Mecca.
He stated these days the journey via the sea route would take 3 or four days.
Naqvi stated for the first time after Independence, a report number of Muslims from India would go to Haj this 12 months with none subsidy.
The executive has "succeeded in getting India's Haj quota increased for the second consecutive year and now, for the first time after Independence, a record 1,75,025 pilgrims from India will go to Haj 2018", Naqvi stated.
This 12 months, a complete of one,28,702 pilgrims, about 47 consistent with cent of them ladies, will go back and forth throughout the Haj Committee of India. The relaxation will undergo private tour operators, he stated.
A complete of one,308 Indian ladies will, for the first time, perform Haj with out the corporate of a 'mahram' or male dad or mum, Naqvi stated.
Among the pilgrms are 6,700 who will fly from Ahmedabad, 350 from Aurangabad, five,550 from Bengaluru, 254 from Bhopal, 11,700 from Cochin, four,000 from Chennai, 19,000 from Delhi, five,140 from Gaya and 450 from Goa.
He stated 2950 will go away from Guwahati, 7,600 from Hyderabad, five,500 from Jaipur, 11,610 from Kolkata, 14,500 from Lucknow, 430 from Mangalore, 14,200 from Mumbai, 2,800 from Nagpur, 2,100 from Ranchi, 8,950 from Srinagar and three,250 from Varanasi.
Naqvi stated for the first time, ladies Haj assistants could be deployed to assist Indian ladies pilgrims and track facilities equipped to them.
In 2017, a complete of Rs 1,030 crore used to be paid to airways as airfare for 1,24,852 Haj pilgrims. In 2018, Rs 973 crore shall be paid to the airways for the 1,28,702 Haj pilgrims going throughout the Haj Committee of India, he stated.
"It means, apart from ending the Haj subsidy, we have saved Rs 57 crore on airfare," he stated.
For the welfare of Haj pilgrims, two 40-bed hospitals in Mecca, one hospital of 15 beds in Medina, 10 department dispensaries in Mecca, 3 dispensaries in Medina and one dispensary within the Jeddah Haj Terminal had been set up, he stated.
The Haj process has been made completely digital which has helped in making it "transparent and pro-pilgrim", the minister stated.
Saudi Arabia had previous given its nod to India's plan to revive the choice of sea go back and forth to Jeddah, over twenty years after the follow used to be stopped.
"We have issued a global tender. We have asked for applications from shipping companies," Naqvi informed newshounds right here.
The secretary and joint secretary from the ministry will soon cling talks in Saudi Arabia with officers from its shipping ministry and others on problems related to the go back and forth of Haj pilgrims via sea, he stated.
Asked when the sea route would develop into operational for Haj pilgrims, he stated, "We are trying and our goal is for 2019. It will only be from Mumbai."
Earlier this 12 months, Naqvi had showed that Saudi Arabia had given its nod to India's plan to revive the choice of ferrying devotees via sea after he and Saudi Arabia's Haj and Umrah Minister Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten signed a bilateral annual settlement in regards to the pilgrimage in Mecca.
He stated these days the journey via the sea route would take 3 or four days.
Naqvi stated for the first time after Independence, a report number of Muslims from India would go to Haj this 12 months with none subsidy.
The executive has "succeeded in getting India's Haj quota increased for the second consecutive year and now, for the first time after Independence, a record 1,75,025 pilgrims from India will go to Haj 2018", Naqvi stated.
This 12 months, a complete of one,28,702 pilgrims, about 47 consistent with cent of them ladies, will go back and forth throughout the Haj Committee of India. The relaxation will undergo private tour operators, he stated.
A complete of one,308 Indian ladies will, for the first time, perform Haj with out the corporate of a 'mahram' or male dad or mum, Naqvi stated.
Among the pilgrms are 6,700 who will fly from Ahmedabad, 350 from Aurangabad, five,550 from Bengaluru, 254 from Bhopal, 11,700 from Cochin, four,000 from Chennai, 19,000 from Delhi, five,140 from Gaya and 450 from Goa.
He stated 2950 will go away from Guwahati, 7,600 from Hyderabad, five,500 from Jaipur, 11,610 from Kolkata, 14,500 from Lucknow, 430 from Mangalore, 14,200 from Mumbai, 2,800 from Nagpur, 2,100 from Ranchi, 8,950 from Srinagar and three,250 from Varanasi.
Naqvi stated for the first time, ladies Haj assistants could be deployed to assist Indian ladies pilgrims and track facilities equipped to them.
In 2017, a complete of Rs 1,030 crore used to be paid to airways as airfare for 1,24,852 Haj pilgrims. In 2018, Rs 973 crore shall be paid to the airways for the 1,28,702 Haj pilgrims going throughout the Haj Committee of India, he stated.
"It means, apart from ending the Haj subsidy, we have saved Rs 57 crore on airfare," he stated.
For the welfare of Haj pilgrims, two 40-bed hospitals in Mecca, one hospital of 15 beds in Medina, 10 department dispensaries in Mecca, 3 dispensaries in Medina and one dispensary within the Jeddah Haj Terminal had been set up, he stated.
The Haj process has been made completely digital which has helped in making it "transparent and pro-pilgrim", the minister stated.
Global tender floated for shipping firms to revive sea route for Haj: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
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