MAKKAH: Saudi Minister of Municipal, Rural Affairs, and Housing Majid Al-Hogail recently went on an inspection tour of Makkah and the holy sites to check preparations for this year’s Hajj season.
During the trip, he was briefed by officials on the readiness of municipal centers in Mina and Arafat and places of disembarkation in Muzdalifah to deal with the influx of pilgrims.
The minister’s site visits also involved inspecting plans for cleaning work, programs for maintaining public health and food safety, environmental sanitation works, road maintenance, lighting systems operation, and the cleaning of rainwater and torrential drainage networks.
In addition, Al-Hogail examined a model showing municipal service centers inside the holy sites and he reviewed the municipality’s plans to use a network of 58 tunnels to ease traffic circulation in and around Makkah where an estimated 22,000 staff members will be on hand to help worshippers perform Hajj.
