A new pilgrim grouping control center along the Makkah-Jeddah highway was inaugurated by Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar to group pilgrims more efficiently and ensure that at least one pilgrim is served every three minutes.

According to the information, the center has been implemented according to the latest specifications and state-of-the-art technical and automatic equipment.

Authorities will use six e-tracks to inspect buses in order to facilitate the grouping of pilgrims during this year’s Haj season.

The grouping center has a mosque with a capacity to accommodate approximately 500 worshipers, a prayer area for women and toilets.

National Tawafa establishments, the Zamazemah United Office, the executive committee for pilgrims’ transport and the General Syndicate of Cars will take part in running the office annually.

The center accommodates an office for Saudi Airlines, a medical clinic, which includes physicians from the Ministry of Health, and another association that presents gifts to the guests of Allah.

The inauguration was attended by tdeputy Haj ministers, assistant deputies and several ministry officials.

Hajar asserted that Haj plans and projects at Makkah and Madinah should be implemented swiftly.

“The volume of projects require us to move forward with our development policy,” he said.

“Quality and services at the Haj Ministry must know no limit. Improvement and development should be the policy within the framework and a strategy on which we rely.”

“We have constantly introduced new services every year in order to ensure that the guests of God perform their rituals with ease,” he said.

“The expansion of the Grand Mosque area and its surroundings and the introduction of the metro project are milestones within these achievements.”

“Electronic grouping, the Umrah e-track and other electronic services are just a few of the new additions.”