External Affairs Ministry has informed that 21 people were died during Haj pilgrimage this year.<br/><br/>An official press release said, out of 21, twenty deaths were due to natural causes and one person died in road accident.<br/><br/>It said, 19 of the deaths have occurred due to cardiac arrest while one person died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with respiratory failure.<br/><br/>The Ministry, which takes care of Haj pilgrims, said more than 40 per cent of Haj pilgrimage are above 60 years and 13.5 per cent above 70 years.<br/><br/>It said, the Ministry and Consulate General of India have taken several steps to provide good medical facilities free of cost for Haj pilgrims.<br/><br/>It also said a total of around one lakh 36,000 pilgrims were expected to take part in Haj 2015.