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All out efforts for Haj pilgrims facilitation in Saudi Araba

The government today said it is making all out efforts for the Haj pilgrims facilitation in Saudi Araba. Replying to questions in the Rajya Sabha, External affairs minister S M Krishna said a secretary level officer of the ministry is in that country to oversee the arrangements. He informed the House that nearly 1 lakh 60 thousand pilgrims will be visiting to Saudi Arab for the Haj. Mr Krishna said accomodation for 80,000 people has already been booked . He said the quota allocated to Haj committee of India is distributed among various states on pro-rata basis according to the Muslim population of each state based on the 2001 census.

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