72-hour RTPCR report mandatory for Haj pilgrims before departure: Div Com

Srinagar: : Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole on Thursday said

that in view of respite in Covid-19 situation, Government of Saudi

Arabia has allotted a Haj quota of around 6000, of which at least 5400

will be from Kashmir and remaining will be from Jammu and Ladakh

regions.

Pole said that all arrangements have been put in place for the Haj

pilgrimage this year.

He added that all pilgrims would require a 72-hour RTPCR test report

before departure and they would also require to come to at least 4.5

hours before scheduled time of the flight in order to go smoothly

through various processes.

“The process of flight operations for Haj 2022 will start from June 05

 and there would be around 2 to 3 flights a day which will continue

for 15 days. And after the completion of pilgrimage, the return flight

schedule will come into effect,” Pole added.

He said that Haj pilgrims coming from Jammu and Ladakh have to arrive

three days before and necessary arrangements for food and

accommodations have been made for them at Haj house.

In a response to a question over security arrangements of Amarnath

Yatra, he said that arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra are being

looked into by the administration, Police, CAPF and army for the last

30 years.

“The security arrangements are not only been taken care of for

Amarnath Yatra but for Haj 2022 pilgrimage as well,” he said. (KNS)

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