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.
Talal Mahboub, head of field office No. 23 of the South Asian Tawafa Establishment, said his office in line with the instructions of the establishment made all preparations, including the deployment of a sufficient number of baggage boys and building supervisors to ensure fast and trouble-free pilgrim movement.
He added that there was a well-planned time schedule for each accommodation center to send pilgrims to buses. He said each bus took only between 10 to 13 minutes to board passengers and set out. Supervisors with wireless devices were in constant touch with an operations room, which tracked the progress of the project and took instant steps to avoid delays, he said.
