Pilgrims were taken to buses at one of the boarding points in Makkah for their trip to Madinah on Sunday. (AN photo by Ahmad Hashad

MAKKAH: On Sunday more than 100,000 pilgrims were sent to Madinah in convoys consisting of 2,600 buses.

The South Asian Tawafa Establishment achieved this with the collaboration of the traffic department, the United Car Syndicate responsible for pilgrims’ transportation and transport companies.

Close to 100 field offices of the establishment were responsible for organizing the convoys’ movements at locations such as Misfala, Ajyad, Misyal, Ibrahim Khalil Street and Ghazza in the central zone around the Grand Mosque.

The operations started at 6 a.m. shortly after the Fajr prayer and continued until 11 p.m. when the last bus departed. The buses used for the operations were supplied by 17 transport companies licensed for Haj operations.

An Indian Haj tour operator, Mustafa Hedaya, said 2,000 pilgrims brought by his company from India were traveling in the convoy.

“The concerted efforts to transport pilgrims between Makkah and Madinah will make the journey safer and comfortable,” he said.

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