Published: Oct 4, 2011 11:20 Updated: Oct 4, 2011 11:37
MAKKAH: The Al-Zamazima Office, which serves Zamzam water, has started the implementation of this year’s Haj plan.
The plan aims to provide the blessed water to pilgrims from the moment of their arrival in Saudi Arabia until their departure, the office’s head Sulaiman Abu Ghelya announced on Monday.
He said during the first phase of the plan, which will continue until Oct. 13, small plastic bags of water will be served to the pilgrims at their guidance and reception centers in Jeddah and Madinah.
Abu Ghelya said the execution of the second phase of the plan would start on Oct. 13 and continue until Nov. 3 during which packages of 20 liters will be provided to the pilgrims at their accommodation in Makkah.
“The implementation of the third and final phase of the plan will begin on Nov. 10 and continue until Dec. 6 during which every pilgrim will be given a plastic bag containing 1.5 liters of Zamzam water as a gift to take home,” Abu Ghelya said.
He said all buses and cars transporting pilgrims would be supplied with enough Zamzam water to serve pilgrims. He recalled that last year 32 million liters of the holy water were given away.
He revealed that the office would employ about 1,000 seasonal workers who will be divided into field groups covering Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites.
He said six of these groups would be serving pilgrims at their accommodation.
Abu Ghelya said under the directives of Haj Minister Fouad Al-Farsy, about 100,000 additional containers of 20 liters each were produced and stacked away in warehouses as a reserve.
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