TS Haj Committee Reports Over 500 Non Received Documents Post Last Day

Hyderabad: 3,636 passports of the provisionally selected pilgrims have been received by the Telangana State Haj Committee out of the allotted quota of 4,172. This was the number given out on the last day to pay the first instalment and submission of passports along with other documents. Indian pilgrims visiting Umrah for a second time may have to pay an extra amount this time.

3,188 passports have been received under general category, 448 under the reserve category of pilgrims ageing 70 years and beyond. 60 under the general category and 6 under the have cancelled their pilgrimage, it is learned. Meanwhile, a total of 286 pilgrims have not submitted their passport, and all the 184 NRI pilgrims are to furnish their passports by 10 June 2019.

Indians going on Umrah are supposed to pay Rs 38,000 extra fees if they are doing it for the second time in the consecutive Hijri years.

Many pilgrims from the city have pleaded with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to request the Saudi Arabia government to drop the extra charges levied on Indians alone. People from Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt are already exempted from the fee. India is the 4th or 5th largest pilgrim sending nation for Umrah every year.

Pilgrims from Hyderabad have requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use his good offices to prevail upon the Saudi Arabian government to abolish the additional fee for Indians. It is also learned that Umarh costs less when compared with Haj and this is the reason behind many Indian Muslims going it every year.

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