Hajj. Achievements throughout history

Abdulaziz Al-Issa

The greatness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the strength and accuracy of its planning, according to the requirements of each stage, is evident in its absolute success in Multimillion Crowd Management during the Hajj period. Every year, the Kingdom receives millions of pilgrims without any mix-ups or reverse collisions, which confirms the efficiency of the integrated system that manages this great event.

<The General Authority for Statistics announced that the total number of pilgrims for this year 1446 AH reached 1,673,230, of which 1,506,576 came from outside the Kingdom through various ports of entry. As usual, the Kingdom recorded unparalleled success in organizing and directing the movement of pilgrims in a way that ensures their safety and facilitates the performance of their rituals in an organized and safe manner, this was the result of careful and prior planning in coordination with all relevant authorities, so that the tawajid operations are carried out easily and smoothly in majestic scenes that reflect the greatness of Hajj and the strength of the will of those in charge of serving the pilgrims, in addition to providing strategies to face emergencies and reduce congestion.

As usual, the Kingdom recorded unprecedented success in organizing the <a href=«_COPYa/79282/» target="_blank <The question arises: How can the Kingdom house and feed all these crowds in a narrow area on the borders of Makkah? How can it maintain the health of the environment while the streets and roads are crowded with pilgrims around the clock, and other questions that find their answers in the record of the achievements of the Hajj 1446H. <The Municipality of the Holy Capital and the service providers worked in full swing to ensure comfort and tranquility through an integrated system of services, as the Municipality issued 3,149 regular housing permits to accommodate more than 1.8 million pilgrims.</These permits include 428,289 residential rooms, spread over a total area of 7,635,086 square meters, these figures are not just statistics, but an indication of careful and thoughtful planning to ensure that every pilgrim finds a decent place to stay during the period of performing the rituals.

These figures are not just statistics, but an indication of careful and thoughtful planning to ensure that every pilgrim finds a decent place to stay during the period of performing the rituals.

<The allocation of 28 municipal service centers within the Holy Sites, 95 emergency teams for rapid intervention and handling reports, in addition to 177 accommodation halls accommodating more than 15 thousand pilgrims.</The number of different human cadres has reached more than 22,000 cadres who are fully prepared to serve the pilgrims and facilitate their rituals.

<If we want to put a title for this year's Hajj, it is: "Numbers speak in the record of Hajj achievements."

Numbers speak in the record of Hajj achievements.