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Saturday 22 September 2012

Introduction of Funicular to make Hajj and Umrah Obstacles free


Umm Al-Qura University’s Research Center of Excellence for Hajj and Umrah, comes up with a new idea to bridge the three most important places; Kiblah, Mina, and Arafat. The context of this idea is the utilization of latest technology of Funicular (Cable Cars) to avoid hazard and obstruction come during the performance of the most sought after religious duties of Hajj and Umrah.
The Director of Center, Adnan Gutub, in his presentation to the Chairman for Hajj commette, Khaled Al-Faisal, briefed that six routes will be abridged to facilitate the pilgrims as Khudai, Rusaifa, and Taneem.
This research is made to fulfill the need for public transportation in Saudi Arabia to control the traffic problem arises during hajj and Umrah days. This sane decision is made by Khaled Al Faisal to incorporate the latest technology to transport the pilgrims from one place to another without any serious problem. All this research is practical are started to serve the pilgrims and visitors to travel from Kiblah to holy mountains of Thawr and Nour. The project is expected to be started soon.
It is especially mentioned that this project is a supporting plan in addition to the existing pilgrims transporting system.

1 comments:

Unknown said...

Some companies which are offering cheap umrah packages are also offering local transportation which helps people to visit different holly places.